Early Years Teacher

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Early Years Teacher to join our fantastic Sunshine Day Nursery team at our site at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, offering year-round childcare to NHS and hospital staff. Our site cares for up to 144 children and features dedicated baby, toddler, and pre-school units and extended opening hours (6.30am to 7pm).
We pride ourselves on giving children the best start in life, and our great staff are committed to giving children a fun, social, stimulating, and safe environment for them to develop and thrive.
To contribute to the development of a high-quality early year’s provision, working and supporting colleagues with delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage to improve all outcomes for children.
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To ensure the quality of provision planning and outcomes for the children are of a high standard by using role modelling and staff support.
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To develop and lead the practice in areas identified by the Senior Management team.
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To supervise/mentor Senior Nursery Practitioners, Nursery Practitioners, Childcare Assistants, Flexible Workers, and Students, to ensure the room/unit operates effectively in line with the EYFS standards.
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To provide high quality childcare and education for children attending the Day Nursery/Holiday Club based on a philosophy of family type care, ensuring that each child is treated as an individual.
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To promote a safe and caring environment to enable each child to grow and develop within their own potential.
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Ensure policies and procedures are always adhered to.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Sunshine Day Nurseries are part of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
Staff training and development is really important to us, and we offer the chance to do further childcare qualifications and progression towards childcare coordinator roles, as well as a variety of regular in-house and external courses.
Have any questions or want to find out more? Feel free to get in touch via the details below for an informal chat, or to arrange a visit to see our nurseries for yourself.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Please note this advertisement is for a Part Time / Job Share opportunity

Please refer the Job description for details