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Working with Sandbrook Community Playgroup
Are you a fab team player who adores working with children and is passionate about the Early Years sector?
We’d love to hear from you!
Please drop us an email with your CV and experience, and we will get in touch should we have any suitable vacancies at the Playgroup: ronnikajohn@sandbrookplaygroup.com
Benefits of joining our team:
1. Generous sick pay after the first year of employment
2. An Employee Assistance Programme enabling team members to access advice and short-term counseling or therapy services
3. Medigold Protect and free access to the Thrive App to support our team's mental health and well-being
4. Pension Scheme
5. A relaxed dress code
6. Free drinks and snacks
7. Paid for training and professional development opportunities
8. Term time setting only
Current Vacancy:
Early Years Practitioner
Sandbrook Community Playgroup, which is a term-time only setting, is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated individual with a minimum of two years experience in a preschool/nursery setting with children aged 2-5 years old.
You must absolutely love working with children, be warm and caring and be able to make learning fun.
Qualification essential for the post is minimum NVQ level 3 in child care and education or equivalent, as well as excellent knowledge of the EYFS.
A current paediatric first aid certificate is desirable.
You will be a key person, so experience of this role is absolutely essential.
You should have the ability to use your own initiative and be able to plan proactively. We are also looking for good communication skills, both oral and written for observation, assessments and reports. A keen eye for detail would be beneficial. It is also important that you are able to work as part of a small team. Your role will be to plan interesting and challenging activities for individual and groups of children which suit their different ways of learning. You will have responsibility for creating an exciting environment where they can grow and develop each day.
Your basic working hours will be Monday 8.45 am to 5.15 pm and Tuesday to Friday 8.45 am - 4.15 pm, term time only. You will be paid for 36 hours per week. You will work for 39 weeks of the year (so 13 weeks off a year) and will be entitled to 5.6 weeks paid holiday each year. The salary is £19,508 per annum.
After one year of employment you will be entitled to 10 paid sick days per annum and after three years of employment you will be entitled to 20 paid sick days per annum.
Sandbrook Community Playgroup was established 46 years ago in Stoke Newington in Hackney. It is a registered charity and is led by a management committee. It is open from 9am until 4pm daily, term time only.
Approximately twenty-three children attend per session and there are currently 27 children registered. We are a diverse and inclusive setting. 40% of the children have SEN, half are from disadvantaged families and over 40% speak languages other than English at home.
We have a small, friendly staff team, currently eight staff.
Please apply by sending your CV, and by setting out clearly why you think you are suitable for this role.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £12.15 per hour