About the role
Early Years Practitioner (Maternity Cover)- Full or Part Time
We are looking for a skilled Early Years Practitioner to work in our Pre-School (or potentially Reception class).
Teversham is an exciting and vibrant primary school set on the outskirts of the historic city of Cambridge.
If you are a motivated and organised individual and are interested in a role in a school where you will be truly valued and supported to develop your skills, we would love to hear from you! Start date: As soon as possible
Closing date: Friday 22nd March
Pay Scale: Term Time only, Scale 3, point 5
Hours: 8.45- 3.15- full and part time to be considered
The role will include:
• Supporting the team in setting up the environment ready for learning.
• Acting as a key person for a small group of children and build relationships with parents/carers.
• Supporting pupils with SEN needs.
• Working as an effective team member to ensure progress of children in all areas of the EYFS curriculum.
The successful candidate will:
• be patient, kind and understanding and be committed to our ethos of care and support for ALL children
• be able to learn quickly, take advice and direction, as well as be proactive and use initiative
• be able to work well within a team, with strong communication skills and correct use of spoken English
• be committed to supporting all children to make progress
• be willing and able to make a contribution towards school life
Candidates must have:
• A Level 3 childcare qualification (or be willing to work towards this- support provided)
• Be professional, reliable, and committed to best practice within the early years
We can offer you:
• a warm, caring school with a strong, inclusive ethos where everyone in the community is valued
• happy and enthusiastic children who are keen to learn
• a strong, caring and supportive team
• opportunities for professional development and training
• opportunity to work with experienced and skilled practitioners
Please see our website for an application form and job specification and to find out more about our lovely school Vacancies | Teversham CofE VA Primary School (tevershamschool.co.uk)
We would love to meet you if you are interested, so please do arrange to visit the school, meet the Early Years Leader and discuss the role.
Please ring 01223 293357 or email office@teversham.cambs.sch.uk
What will you be doing?
We are looking for a skilled Early Years Practitioner to work in our Pre-School (or potentially Reception class).
Teversham is an exciting and vibrant primary school set on the outskirts of the historic city of Cambridge. If you are a motivated and organised individual and are interested in a role in a school where you will be truly valued and supported to develop your skills, we would love to hear from you!
About you
We can offer you:
• a warm, caring school with a strong, inclusive ethos where everyone in the community is valued
• happy and enthusiastic children who are keen to learn
• a strong, caring and supportive team
• opportunities for professional development and training
• opportunity to work with experienced and skilled practitioners
Please see our website for an application form and job specification and to find out more about our lovely school www.tevershamschool.co.uk
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
