The Bourne End Day Nursery & Pre School
Furlong Rd, Wooburn Green, Bourne End SL8 5AE
Nursery Room Leader
40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, All year round
Salary - £26,500 - £27,500 per annum
Level 3 Childcare Qualification is essential
The Bourne End Day Nursery & Pre School has four separate rooms caring for children from 3 months – 5 years and a big outside area for the children to explore daily. We have long standing members of staff who are friendly and knowledgeable. We have an exciting opportunity to join The Bourne End Day Nursery & Pre School which offers on street parking available and good transport links to the nursery, including a 5 minute walk to the train station.
We are looking for a Nursery Room Leader to join our growing team and provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development. If your passion is to see children thrive and develop in early years, we want to hear from you!
This role is working 40 hours per week, various shifts patterns between the opening and closing times of the nursery 7:30am-18:00pm. This nursery is open all year round and is not a term time only role. You will need to have a full and relevant Level 3 childcare qualification.
As Room Leader, you will:
* Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
* Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
* Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality
* Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency
* Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff
* Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file
* Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
* Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met
*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
As Room Leader, you will need:
* Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential
* Over 1 year’s experience working in Early Years - Essential
* Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position - Desirable
* Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating - Desirable
* Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - Essential
* Fluent in written and spoken English - Essential
We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.
We are: Defined by Family
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
The Bourne End Day Nursery and Preschool is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
Benefits
Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
Vacancy Reference: SL8 5AE
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