Early Years Practitioner

Hours: 12 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Service Area: Children’s Services

Department: Bright Start Children’s Centre Services

Do you recognise the importance and value of Outdoor Play for Children and their families?

Bright Start Children’s Centre Services are looking for a highly committed Early Years Practitioner to support delivery of our engaging Outdoor Play and Explore service.

Through this role, you will support children and families in various ways including, securing safe and stimulating environments, promoting positive attachment practice within outdoor groups and support the parents as the key educator in their child’s learning and development.

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated individual with at least a level 3 qualification who has a vision for outstanding practice to join our Outdoor Play and Explore teams.

We actively invite applicants from those that are underrepresented within our service, including men. Research shows that only 2% of the Early Years workforce are male and additional support is required to enhance the attainment of boys.

The post holder will need to:

• Support the Lead Practitioner in the running of the Outdoor Groups
• Model high quality play opportunities to enhance childhood development
• Transporting, setting up and tidying resources
• Sign-posting parents to other Early Help Services
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills
• Support Groups across the whole of Bath and North East Somerset

Please see the job description and person specification for full details of the job role and expectations.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Megan James, Lead Family Support Worker on 01225v 396705 or email megan_james@bathnes.gov.uk

To apply

Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

We are unable to sponsor candidates for this role under the Home Office Tier 2 points-based system (skilled worker route), therefore you must be able to obtain and provide your own right to work in the UK’. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to bring your right to work documents with you to your interview so they can be copied and verified at that stage.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date: TBC

Safeguarding Statement:

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.