Job Introduction
Childcare Practitioners – Portchester Community School – Early Years.
We are open 7.30am-6pm Monday to Friday.
We are closed between Christmas and New Year as well as on bank holidays.
We are a Hampshire County Council employer, and a generous holiday and pension package is included in the offer.
The successful applicants will be highly motivated, enthusiastic about working with children, caring, kind and eager to provide children with the highest level of experiences based on our ethos of learning through play.
The postholder will also be responsible for fulfilling the safeguarding requirements of the role and adhering to the school’s safeguarding policy.
Specification | Requirement |
Level 3 qualification in childcare | Essential |
Experience working within the Early Years sector and a good understanding of child development. | Essential |
A good understanding of the importance of planning, assessing an evaluating key children’s development. Liaising with parents regarding their children’s development. Identifying when children are displaying characteristics of delay and may need additional support either within the setting or from outside agencies e.g., portage, speech and language, Paediatrician etc | Essential |
To participate towards creating a desirable environment to enhance the children’s experiences and encourage investigation and exploration. | Essential |
To have an excellent understanding of ‘How to keep children safe’ protect them from harm, follow safeguarding procedures and maintain a professional manner. To follow daily procedures regarding risk assessments and recording of accidents and injuries. To follow procedures for children with allergies and medical conditions and adhere to children’s health care plans. | Essential |
To Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the setting. To ensure children are kept clean and are assisted and encouraged to have high standards of self-help skills e.g. clean faces, hands, assist with toileting and nappy changing. | Essential |
To welcome parents and carers and build good professional relationships, to show care and respect for children’s property. | Essential |
To work within a team, have professional communication skills and be able to use your initiative. | Essential |
The candidate must be kind, caring, compassionate and have a calming nature. | Essential |
The candidate must be enthusiastic and willing to join in with the planning of events such as fundraising, summer and Christmas fayres, graduation parties etc. | Essential |
Paediatric First Aid Trained | Desirable |
Holder of a current driving licence. | Desirable |
For an application pack, please email campus@portchester.hants.sch.uk or please call the community team on 023 9236 4399 (2pm to 7pm). If you would like to book for a tour prior to application or interview, please contact us for an appointment.
Portchester Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Online searches will form part of the pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people. Applicants shortlisted for interview are therefore required to declare whether they have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are ‘spent’. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure. Please refer to the Disclosure and Barring service website for further information on the filtering of these cautions and convictions.
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
