Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the centre of everything we do.
•Support early years settings and the children at the settings.
•Implement the Curriculum for Wales, the requirements of Flying Start and the ALN Code.
•Establish an effective working relationship with the Leaders and the children and operate as a professional individual.
•Work under the management and supervision of the advisory teachers team and collaborate to deliver the team's work programme under the supervision of the Early Years Quality Group.
Responsibility for functions
•Mobile phone
•IT Equipment
Main duties
Support for Leaders
•Provide input in the Early Years Settings under the Leadership of the Advisory Teachers in accordance with the requirements of the Early Years Quality Group.
•Assist with developing and implementing the settings' development plans.
•Collaborate with the Early Years Advisory Teachers to ensure quality across the County.
•Collaborate with Assistants within Early Years Settings to model effective intervention packages with the pupils who are on a targeting level.
•Use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence through its use.
•Establish a productive working relationship with the teachers, colleagues and settings.
•Share good practice with staff within Early Years Settings and model techniques as required.
•Collaborate with other staff such as the Language and Play team, ALN team, Flying Start team to support the settings.
•Support settings to act on targets, facilitate the content of the One Page Profile, offering ideas and implement the requirements of specialists in the field. Offer ideas/materials and learning activities as appropriate.
•Monitor and evaluate pupils' response and progress against action plans through observation and recording.
•Give objective and accurate feedback and reports to other staff on pupils' achievements, progress and other matters, ensuring that appropriate evidence is available.
•Contribute to supporting settings to be Communication Friendly settings, healthy pre-school settings, settings that are able to be a part of a forest/coastal setting provision, safe settings that put the welfare and happiness of the child first and settings that place a focus on ensuring quality and standards across the areas of learning.
•Establish a constructive relationship with leaders and children, exchanging valid and recent information to ensure timely and current development.
•Embed Tatty Bumpkin Training to settings.
•Continue to support settings with Tatty Bumpkin.
Support for children
•Work with small groups of children, e.g. model the provision such as the Elklan principles, story reading, etc.
•Put the voice of the child and the direction of the child as a priority.
•Offer ideas and possible learning so that the standards and children's knowledge are extended in a timely and consistent way.
•By having firm knowledge of the child's development, be able to offer relevant steps in accordance with the child's milestones.
Support for the Curriculum
•⁠Plan and Implement learning activities that are in accordance with the requirements of the Foundation Phase and CfW.
•Be aware of and appreciate a range of activities, courses, organisations and individuals, to provide support for settings to expand and enrich their learning.
•Collaborate with the Senior Teacher to work on various projects, e.g. GDDBC grant schemes and report as needed on the project's performance.
General:
•Awareness of the policies and procedures of the Authority, Mudiad Meithrin, SCW, ALN and Safeguarding children.
•Establish a constructive and communicative relationship with other agencies in order to support the achievement and progress of the setting and pupils.
•Attend and participate in meetings on a regular basis.
•Participate in training and other learning activities, as required.
•Identify own strengths and specialist fields and use these to advise and support others.
•Responsible for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsibility for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management standards and guidelines. Ensure that personal information is handled in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s carbon footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds with the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
•Responsible for reporting any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
Special circumstances
•School term-time working only
•The need to work unsociable hours from time to time.