Early Years Educator

Area:  South East- Home/Field based
Hours: Negotiable
Salary: £13.80-£14.05 per hour
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much

Who & What is Storal?  

It’s our collective group of Nurseries. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all.  Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community. 

About the role:

• Delivering full Apprenticeship Standards in Early Years Childcare

• Manage a caseload of learners, conduct remote and face to face observations to gather evidence towards their Apprenticeships.

• Managing your diary efficiently to ensure timely reviews and completions.

• Support learners through the End Point Assessment Process.

• Organise and maintain documentation on learners' progress.

• Support, advise and motivate learners.

• Overcome barriers to learning and adapt delivery to meet learner’s needs.

• Meet Assessor KPI’s in terms of timely visits, reviews, learner progression, quality paperwork and general administration

About you:

• A true love for child development and care 

• Able and willing to work in a team 

• Ability to communicate effectively  

• High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity 

Must haves: 

• Must hold either a recognised Assessor award (D32/33, A1, CAVA or TAQA)

• A minimum of 1 years' experience of assessing Childcare / Early Years Apprenticeship Standards.

• Must hold a minimum of a Level 3 qualification (or equivalent/above) within Early Years.

• Solid occupational experience within the Childcare sector (Early Years - Nursery based).

• Organisational skills are a must, as well as the ability to plan your time effectively.

• Confident and professional with the ability to inspire and motivate people.

• Confident in using online systems/platforms/Teams

• Full, clean UK driving licence and access to own vehicle. YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.

• Must be flexible with travel. Covering the following areas-
  • ROMFORD
  • BRENTWOOD
  • CLACTON-ON-SEA
  • GRAVESEND
  • SUDBURY
  • HOVE
  • MAIDSTONE
  • SITTINGBOURNE

Why work for us:

Benefits at a glance

For you -We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain

Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more

Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund

Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more 

We care about our people.  

Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.