Your role and responsibilities

The Early Years is such an important time in a child’s life and the adults that are involved in the child’s development during this time have such a huge impact. As an overriding umbrella you need to ensure that children within your care are kept safe and that they are provided the opportunities to be mentally, socially and emotionally ready for school. 

As an Early Years Practitioner, whatever your role in the nursery, your responsibilities include:

• Encouraging learning and development, through play and teaching.
• Creating a secure environment, using imagination to help children to learn.
• Working with parents to support their children.
• Enabling children to build their literacy, language and numeracy skills.
• Monitoring progress and planning educational games.
• Putting together activities which will keep the children engaged throughout the day.
• Helping children get ready for the transition into a classroom environment.
• Helping children to become more independent when carrying out daily tasks
• Creating the right balance between activities and down time.
• Meeting children’s basic needs such as ensuring they are clean, supporting children with mealtimes and ensuring they get enough sleep throughout the day.