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This position is part time 15 hours per week term time only 38 weeks per year fixed term until 20 December 2023

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Trumpington Early Years and Childcare is a 52-place setting and is open from 7.30am – 6.00pm, term time Monday to Friday. It operates a pre-school and wraparound provision, including school age children up to seven years old. The setting was inspected by Ofsted (18th October 2021) and received a Good inspection judgement. TEYC is a relatively new setting and Cambridgeshire Early Years Service took over the management of it in April 2020.

Job Overview –

We have an exciting opportunity for a Childcare Practitioner to join our Trumpington Early Years and Childcare team. The post is term time only (38 weeks per year), 15 hours per week, fixed term until 20 December 2023.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high standard of care and education for children in the setting. A knowledge of safeguarding, equalities and SEND is desirable.

The role will require you to work as part of a team in order to provide a warm, caring and enabling environment in which all children can play, develop and learn.

Building and maintaining partnerships with staff, parents and other professionals to enable the children’s needs to be met is an integral part of this role. Therefore the ability to communicate effectively is essential, as well as having a clear understanding of the importance of confidentiality.

This role is subject to DBS clearance. Applicants must provide two references as we are unable to process your application without them.

Please evidence on your supporting statement how you meet the essential criteria of the Person Specification.

We offer:

• A salary at NJC Grade 1 - Full Time Salary £21,030 (actual salary would be pro-rata to 15 hours per week worked, term time only). Hourly rate for post £10.90

• Excellent index-linked, defined benefit pension scheme including life assurance benefits

• Outstanding occupational, sick, maternity/paternity and shared parental leave schemes – well above the statutory minimum

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with length of service and ability to buy more

• Training and development

For further information, please contact Gemma Hope:

[email protected] or 01223 714760

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 believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.

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.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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