Early Years Educator
Early Years

Salford Nurseries
Various Locations

Early Years Educator
Grade: 2A £ 19,171 to £19,945
Working Hours: 36 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13th April, 5pm

Salford’s Local Authority Nurseries have a range of, Full and Part Time positions available at various locations across Salford.

We offer high quality, outstanding childcare places, all year round, at our five Nurseries within Salford. Our nurseries are located in Barton Moss, Belvedere, Higher Broughton, Little Hulton and Winton.

The nurseries operate a number of shift patterns and are open all year round between the hours of 08.00 -18.00.

We are looking for qualified and experienced Early Years Educators/Nursery Practitioners who are motivated, enthusiastic and have a passion to work with children between birth and 5 year’s old.

You will be expected to promote an inclusive environment that is warm and welcoming in order to encourage the development of children to ensure they reach their full potential. You will Implement the Early Years Foundation Stage and contribute to development of plans to support the delivery of individual learning programmes for children.

You will receive a full and comprehensive induction across all our sites along with access to the Starting Life Well training programme through which you will be supported to achieve a Paediatric First Aid Qualification within three months of starting with us. We offer competitive rates of pay and reward along with a standard full time working week of 36 hours, competitive contributory pension, and a generous annual leave allowance. We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our workforce and we have a number of initiatives in place to support you.

Although day to day you will be based in one of our nurseries please bear in mind that, occasionally, based on business needs, you may be asked to provide cover at other nurseries.

Salford Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and stakeholders to share this commitment. A DBS will be sought for the successful candidate.

If you are interested in applying but want to know more please contact Angela Jones, Nursery Manager on 0161 778 0065.

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr   

Location
Salford Civic Centre
Vacancy Description
 
Salford Nurseries
Various Locations

Early Years Educator
Grade: 2A £ 19,171 to £19,945
Working Hours: 36 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 13th April, 5pm

Salford’s Local Authority Nurseries have a range of, Full and Part Time positions available at various locations across Salford.

We offer high quality, outstanding childcare places, all year round, at our five Nurseries within Salford. Our nurseries are located in Barton Moss, Belvedere, Higher Broughton, Little Hulton and Winton.

The nurseries operate a number of shift patterns and are open all year round between the hours of 08.00 -18.00.

We are looking for qualified and experienced Early Years Educators/Nursery Practitioners who are motivated, enthusiastic and have a passion to work with children between birth and 5 year’s old.

You will be expected to promote an inclusive environment that is warm and welcoming in order to encourage the development of children to ensure they reach their full potential. You will Implement the Early Years Foundation Stage and contribute to development of plans to support the delivery of individual learning programmes for children.

You will receive a full and comprehensive induction across all our sites along with access to the Starting Life Well training programme through which you will be supported to achieve a Paediatric First Aid Qualification within three months of starting with us. We offer competitive rates of pay and reward along with a standard full time working week of 36 hours, competitive contributory pension, and a generous annual leave allowance. We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our workforce and we have a number of initiatives in place to support you.

Although day to day you will be based in one of our nurseries please bear in mind that, occasionally, based on business needs, you may be asked to provide cover at other nurseries.

Salford Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and stakeholders to share this commitment. A DBS will be sought for the successful candidate.

If you are interested in applying but want to know more please contact Angela Jones, Nursery Manager on 0161 778 0065.

Role Profile.docx
Working for Salford.pdf

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £44.00. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £11.00 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £44.00

Please be aware overseas checks will be required if you have lived or worked abroad continuously or in total for 3 months or more over the last 5 years, or 12 months or more over the last 10 years, whilst aged 16 or over. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

About your benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs

Continuous service commitment
New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in the council’s primary Recruitment and Employment Privacy Notice which can be found at https://www.salford.gov.uk/gdpr