Position
Title: Early Childhood Educator – Ark Start St Clement
Reporting to: Nursery Manager
Location: Ark Start St Clement (Holland Park, W11 4NS)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time (37.5 hours per week, all year) or Term-time (39 weeks per year)
Salary: From £27,000 per year
About the role
As we expand, we are looking for a Level 3 qualified Early Childhood Educator to join the team at Ark Start St Clement. In this role you will provide the highest standards of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children in your care, ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety are promoted, and work to provide an enabling environment in which all children can play, learn and develop.
We are looking for people with a genuine passion for young children, with the skill, creativity, commitment, energy, and enthusiasm required for leading room practice. You’ll be able to take learning beyond the classroom and interact with outdoor and forest learning, cooking, and gardening – this won’t just be another day in the classroom.
Key Responsibilities
- Be responsible for a group of key worker children, including observations, assessments, and relationships with parents.
- Implement the Ark Start curriculum.
- Ensure high-quality interactions with all children in the nursery.
- Create an enabling environment where all children make good progress.
- Ensure that the nursery is safe and secure and follows the Ark Start safeguarding policy and procedures.
- Keep child records up to date and report to parents and senior staff.
- Promote high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff, and visitors in line with the Ark Start code of conduct and handbook.
Key Requirements
- Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Education and Care or willingness to work toward qualification.
- Right to work in the UK.
- Awareness of keeping children safe, noticing safeguarding and welfare concerns, and knowing how and when to take appropriate action.
- A team player who can work collaboratively as well as use own initiative.
- The ability to reflect on your own practice and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Ongoing Learning: We provide staff training and protected time for training and supervision each week, and our facilities close for five days each year to focus on training and supervision.
- Annual leave: 25 days holiday each year, excluding bank holidays.
- Wellbeing: Staff wellbeing is important; we support staff with infrastructure and measures to maintain wellbeing.
- Part of a Network: Ark Start is part of Ark, a charity with a network of 39 schools across London, Birmingham, Portsmouth, and Hastings, offering staff access to the opportunities, infrastructure, and support of a large organisation.
Diversity and Inclusion
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We strive to reflect diverse perspectives across our organisation, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Safeguarding Statement
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All employees undertake an enhanced DBS check. Applicants are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. Disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily disbar you from employment – it depends on the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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