WorkwithSchools are looking to recruit a Nursery Room Leader to lead the two-year-olds room for a nursery setting based in York. This role is permanent and full-time, working four full days a week with one day off, and to start ASAP. A great rate of pay is available, dependent on experience. The successful applicant would be responsible for overseeing all two-year-old checks and ensuring they're completed by the time they are moving to the next rising Preschool room. Staff, activities, and risk assessments must be monitored/reviewed every day.
Purpose of post is to:
* Ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care for all children in their care
* Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
* Give support to other team members within their immediate room and within the wider nursery
* Work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn, and develop.
Main duties include:
* Supporting the team members with the specific knowledge and skills required to work effectively with children of this age
* Formulating and operating a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area, in conjunction with other team members and the Manager
* Following the nursery safeguarding procedure, to ensure all children are kept safe, well, and secure, and ensure all team members are able to do the same
* Keeping records of your key children’s development and learning journeys, sharing this with parents, carers, and other key adults in the child’s life, and instituting reviews for parents, in conjunction with the Manager
* Supporting all team members with the early identification and intervention for children with possible special needs and giving physical, emotional, and intellectual guidance as appropriate
* Supporting all team members in this area, to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to complete the two-year-old progress checks effectively
* Ensuring all children in the two-year-old room receive progress checks, as laid out in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and that these are shared with parents in an appropriate and timely manner (England only)
* Undertaking appropriate supervision meetings/processes for all members in your team, in conjunction with the nursery management approach
* Feeding into appraisals, target settings, and nursery operations as deemed appropriate by the manager
* Attending nursery management meetings and feeding appropriate information back to your teams
* Supporting all staff to engage in good team working
* Supporting team members to seek out any training or support they may require to fulfil their roles and responsibilities
* Supporting new team members through inductions, in partnership with the manager
* Ensuring all record keeping is accurate and up-to-date within your designated area. This includes learning journeys of all children in your room, sleep charts, accident forms, daily record sheets, and any other forms/records required for the child’s welfare, learning, and development
* Ensuring room checks and outdoor checks are conducted in line with nursery procedures
* Liaising with and supporting parents and other family members
* Liaising with the local authority and other professionals associated with the nursery
* Involvement in out of working hours activities, e.g., training, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events, etc.
* Undertaking certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g., preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, and other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature, as may be determined from time to time by the Manager
* Participating in training programmes, with a wide variety of students (i.e., placements and volunteers), by giving guidance and support
* Working alongside the Manager and staff team, to ensure that the nursery philosophy is fulfilled
* Reading, understanding, and adhering to all policies and procedures, relevant to your role, as deemed appropriate by the Manager. Supporting team members to do the same and ensure all policies and procedures are followed
* Ensuring good standards of safety, hygiene, and cleanliness are maintained at all times, and being responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of young children
* Ensuring someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects each child
* Ensuring confidentiality of all information received by all team members in your area.
Specific childcare tasks:
* Supporting and facilitating the preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
* Supporting all staff to develop their role within the team, especially as a key person
* Ensuring that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
* Washing and changing children as required
* Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm, and parents are notified immediately, in order for the child to be collected
* Developing and maintaining strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers, to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
* Ensuring the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children, regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds, or medical history
* Being aware of the high profile of the nursery and ensuring all staff uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside.
How to apply: For more information, please contact us on 01904 554195. To register with us, either fill in our application form or email us an up-to-date CV, along with details of 2 referees, to applications@workwithschools.co.uk. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all WorkwithSchools staff to share this commitment. We also require successful applicants to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records check via the DBS if you are not registered with the DBS Online Update Service. #J-18808-Ljbffr