Job Title: Room Leader
Salary: £28,600.00 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (40 hrs) Monday - Friday
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 their designated room, 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:
Ellingham House Day Nursery is set idyllically in a Georgian country house surrounded by 2.5 acres of lawns and woodland. In this safe space, our children have the opportunity to explore, stretch, and run as well as practice their climbing and balancing skills in the ever popular ‘bear cave’. The paddock is home to our friendly Valais Black Nose sheep- Baarbara and Soozie. The children help the team care for them and learn how to stay safe around animals. The nursery has a real ‘home from home’ feel, with welcoming rooms specifically suited to babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
The nursery is open 8:00am-6:00pm and we would require you to work a minimum of 40 hours per week within those hours. Please note the nursery is not a term time only nursery.
If you are dedicated to supporting children and their families to thrive, creating exciting and engaging play and learning opportunities and being a part of a supportive team then apply today to come and join us.
Please visit our website for further information
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
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
*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
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.
Ellingham 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
Vacancy Reference: BH24 3PJ
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