Early Years Practitioner - Camden - Education

Job Title: Early Years Practitioner
Location: Camden 
Working Hours: Full time, Hybrid
Rate: £19.38 per hour

Pertemps Social Care are currently recruiting for an experienced Early Years Practitioner to join a busy team in Camden , based within the children from birth to 7 years team.

Responsibilities:

• To provide high quality integrated day care and early education to children from birth to 7 years within a multi-disciplinary team and in line with the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• To contribute to planning and support delivery of a high quality early years curriculum, which includes a full commitment to anti-discriminatory practice. This will include daily, weekly and termly planning to meet individual children's needs and interests and record keeping that tracks the development of the individual child.
• To promote children’s development within a secure, safe and stimulating environment, and with reference to good practice curriculum guidance appropriate to the ages and stages of development of the children.
• To provide input to the assessment of children’s overall development, including carrying out observations, recording children’s achievement, and maintaining developmental records to a high standard.
• To support colleagues in undertaking their responsibilities as key worker to a specific group of children within the centre and the smooth transition from home to centre and from centre to school
• To effectively manage the behaviour of the children in line with procedural guidance and to implement planned interventions for children with additional needs.
• To provide appropriate physical care in areas of washing, toileting, changing, feeding, dressing, comforting and administering medication.
• To work with due regard to Child Protection procedures and to report matters of concern to the centre managers. To assist with the organisation of outings for children’s interest, education and enjoyment and with regard to safety. There is a requirement to lift and assist in toileting and changing and in helping to transfer from seating to mobility aids.
• The postholder will help children to acquire and develop self help skills including toileting and personal hygiene. Work may also involve implementing individual movement programmes, under the direction of other professionals.

Benefits of the role:
• Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities
• Manageable caseload
• Excellent rate of pay
• Condensed working and part time roles can be discussed

Why Choose Pertemps?
Pertemps Social Care is a social work recruitment agency with a difference. Serving the social care sector, our business is firmly based on the principles of the public services and gold-standard customer service. Our consultants build long-term relationships and act as trusted partners to their clients and candidates.

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all Social Work roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Ongoing compliance managed for you.
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

Referral scheme
Not interested but know someone who is? At Pertemps Social Care, we know that great talent attracts great talent. We offer a generous £250 referral bonus if you make a referral to us! The best part? There’s no limit to the number of referrals you can make, so spread the word and multiply your rewards! 

Further information
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

Contact Mia Isherwood at Mia.Isherwood@pprsocialcare.co.uk or on 07974 416413 for more information.