We are EDG Nursery. Staffed by a dedicated and professionally qualified team. We have a thorough knowledge both of child development and care for our children. We thrive on working as a team to ensure our children have the very best we have to offer their educational journey.
Want to join our team?
We are looking for a driven and hard working Room Leader, providing an emotionally secure, warm, stimulating and safe environment, appropriate to the needs of individual children. There must be excellent knowledge of the Early Years foundation stage and disseminate it to staff working on that floor.
Main Duties and responsibilities
· To provide a wide and varied range of activities for the children individually and as a group appropriate to their needs and developmental stage.
· Ensuring routines are being followed and run smoothly
· Ensuring new decisions are taken on board and maintained across the rooms at all times.
· Ensuring that all relevant handovers happen between rooms and daily diaries are completed before children at the end of session.
· Ensuring that all policies and procedures are being followed by all staffs
· Understanding all policies and procedures of the nursery and being able to answer relevant questions from parents/carers/outside agencies (i.e OFSTED).
· Manage staff effectively, ensuring ratio’s are maintained throughout the floor.
· Ensure that the room layouts and resources provide the best learning environment for the children.
· Have a sound knowledge of all the children in the setting and an excellent knowledge of your key children.
· Work in partnership with parents, consulting and sharing information with them about the needs and progress of their children.
· Filling in all the appropriate record keeping for the key child and ensure they are continually up to date.
· To undertake training and give appropriate feedback to the staff team and implement in nursery.
· To exercise a general duty of care for work colleagues and to be responsible for ensuring a safe working environment for all employees/students under your supervision
· Inform the management team of any concerns/safeguarding issues regarding the children, parents or other staff
*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
Company Perks:
· We want you to love working for us – refer a friend to work with us too and you’ll receive up to £300!
· Health Care Benefits (Dental, Optical, Physio, Health Screenings, Hospital Admissions and more).
· 28 days paid holiday (Inclusive of Bank Holidays and Christmas Closure).
· Paid training x2 days per year, free accredited online training working with Noodle now and Personal Development fund of up to £300 per year
· Termly staff performance reward scheme: Gym membership, Shopping vouchers, Spa Treatments, and more!
· Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice from housing/land lord issues, debt management and bereavement. This service is also available to your partner and children who live with you.
· Free Paediatric First Aid training through accredited provider
· Annual staff bonding day and Christmas dinner funded by the nursery