Preschool Practitioner
37 days remaining to apply
Job start date
7 January 2025
Closing date
20 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Hours: 35.5 hrs per week, term time only. Flexible within the hours of 7.30am-6.00pm (30 minutes unpaid lunch)
Contract type
- Fixed term - One year, but dependent on return of post holder - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,202 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
• A confident, caring and friendly attitude
• Excellent communication skills, competently liaising with parents and other professionals
• Flexibility, teamwork, and supportive of other practitioners in the setting
• Commitment to maintaining a safe, secure and nurturing environment
• Good working knowledge of the EYFS framework
• Experience working with children aged 6 months to 4 years
• Commitment to promoting the ethos and values of the school and getting the best outcomes for all children
What the school offers its staff
• Professional induction, training and continued professional development opportunities
• Staff benefits including reduced leisure centre membership and cycle to work scheme
• A staff assistance programme with specialist provider, CareFirst who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family
• Exciting opportunities as part of a growing multi-academy Trust
• Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution in excess of 20%, subject to pension eligibility criteria.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ccox@cheddarfirstschool.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Cheddar First School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 333 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Cheddar First School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ccox@cheddarfirstschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01934 742 546
Arranging a visit to Cheddar First School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ccox@cheddarfirstschool.co.uk.
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