A nursery in Amersham are looking for a Preschool Room Leader to join their team.
Working hours are 41.5 hours 5 days a week (3 full days & 2 half days) or 40 hours per week 4 days per week 07:30-18:30
Salary: hourly range of £13.65 to £14.20
£1000 loyalty bonus! (£500 after probation period and £500 after 1 years service)
Responsibilities include:
? To lead a team of staff, including trainees and students, to ensure a safe, happy, stimulating
environment is provided for all children.
? To ensure the smooth running of the daily practices, ensuring practices and policies are
followed, including ensuring paperwork is completed to a good standard.
? To ensure good observation and assessment of, and planning for, all children in the room.
? To ensure all children receive high quality care and their development is suitably promoted.
? To act as a role model, demonstrating excellent practice.
? To supervise Nursery Practitioners, Assistants and Trainees, carrying out supervisory
meetings where appropriate under the guidance of the Nursery Manager and Deputy
Nursery Manager.
? To continuously promote your team’s effectiveness, motivation and standards of care,
offering ongoing positive support, advice and guidance.
? To act as a child’s Key Person where requested by the Manager, ensuring quality one to one
time each day with your key children and again demonstrating excellent practise to your
room staff.
? To plan enjoyable and stimulating activities in the room on a weekly and monthly basis
which promote the children’s learning and development requirements, guided by the
ongoing observation and assessment process.
? To attend and participate in training days, including up to two per year on a Saturday.
? To provide feedback to the Proprietor and Nursery Manager on issues relating to the
nursery.
? To ensure all Safeguarding & Welfare practices and requirements are met and implemented
by all room staff.
? To promote equal opportunities for all children and staff, with regard to their religious
persuasion, racial origins, gender, disabilities, cultural or linguistic background; in particular,
challenging situations where racism or discrimination if displayed. Any incidents should be
reported to the manager.
? To assist the Proprietor and Nursery Manager, participating in arranging regular parent’s
evenings, nursery events, open weekends and children's outings.
Qualifications Needed:
? To have a Level 3 or above Childcare Qualification
? Current First Aid Certificate (for young children/ adults)
? Current Safeguarding Children Certificate
Experience Required:
? To have been a room leader for a minimum of one year.
? To have a minimum of three years experience of caring for babies/ young children, ensuring
good, appropriate behaviour and offering high quality provision, care and delivering high
standards of learning and development .
? To have experience of effective delivery of the EYFS, Ofsted inspection process, working with and/ or leading other adults in a team, developing staff/ giving training/ running staff supervision, developing good working parental relationships, implementing core policies, such as Safeguarding, Equality and Health and Safety, implemented key policies across different settings and contexts and observing and assessing children and planning for their needs.
