Job Title: Room leader
Salary: £28,600.00 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (40 hrs)
Location: Brookside, South Gorley, Fordingbridge, SP6 2PP
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Nursery Room Leader to join our dynamic team. The Room Leader will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Robins room (2yr olds), leading a team of practitioners to deliver exceptional care and education. You will play a key role in creating a positive and engaging learning environment while ensuring compliance with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and other relevant regulations.
As Room Leader, you will also be responsible for planning and leading activities, ensuring the well-being of all children in your care, and developing strong relationships with staff, parents, and external professionals.
About us:
The Coach House Day Nursery, part of the Family First Nursery Group, offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Based in the new forest, we want to ensure that our family first spirit and curriculum positively impacts as many families as possible. Always putting our families first, the safety and wellbeing of all our children, staff and parents is our number one priority
Our purpose built garden is situated in the beautiful, tranquil and educationally rich setting of the new forest.We have direct acess to the national park we have a local stream and stunning meadows and wooded locations to be able to explore. We even have visits from the local animals! We are extremely proud of our nursery which is unique in the fact that it is a truly enchanting nursery set in the new forest national park. We have four beautiful rooms for the children to work their way through whilst growing up along with our own private shaded garden and seprate baby area which the children have acces to all year round. The gardens contain a herb garden, digging area and a large climbing frame. The desired candidate will need to be a driver due to the location of the nursery.however we are able to provide off road parking, Our team is very small meaning with have a family feel to the nursery and if you were to join our team you would become part of the family!
Visit our website for further information and a gallery which shows you our idyllic nursery location:
Room Leader main responsibilities include:
* Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times
* Provide engaging and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development
* Communicate with impartiality and consistency, respecting parent/carers’ expectations and seek guidance from management if in doubt
* Provide the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development
* Report any child safeguarding or protection matters, including allegations and serious accidents/injuries to management
* Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file
* Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency
Room Leader requirements and skills:
* Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification
* Over 1 year’s experience working in Early Years
* Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements
* Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position
* Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating
If you are passionate about leading a team in providing the best possible care and education for young children, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and why you're the ideal candidate for this role.
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 Coach House Day Nursery 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.
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.
All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company
Vacancy Reference: SP6 2PP
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