EYFS Teaching Assistant

Teacing Personnel are currently working with a primary school in Formby who are seeking to employ an Earlys Practitioner/ Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join their fantastic, award winning Early Years Team. 

We are looking for a hard-working, motivated individual who can show initiative and work as part of a team.  Experience of teaching phonics and early reading skills is desirable. 

The hours are 30 hours, per week Term Time Only.  The contract is a permanent contract subject to satisfactory completion of probationary period.

Purpose of Post:

1. To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children placed in the setting. 
2. To give support to their staff within the setting.
3. To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn. 
4. To build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met.

Main Duties:

• To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)
• To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life.
• Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
• To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
• To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
• To advise teacher/early years lead of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary

If you are interested in working as a Teaching Assistant in 2022 please apply with a copy of your up to date CV for immediate consideration. To be put forward for any of our positions you must either be registered or be prepared to register with Teaching Personnel, to go through all of the necessary vetting procedures. If you have similar previous experience and you would like to be put forward, please apply ASAP with a copy of your up to date CV for immediate consideration.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role as well as the Right to Work in the UK. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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