Royston Day Nursery
Room Leader | Full Time | 40 Hours Per Week
Salary: £28,080 per annum
Level 3 Childcare Qualification essential
Are you an experienced Room Leader who's looking for a change? Come and join us at Royston Day Nursery.
We are seeking a passionate Room Leader to join us in leading our team in delivering our ethos and curriculum to our children and families.
Royston Nursery is located just round the corner from Royston train station and a stones throw away from the town centre. The nursery is a big, busy but warm and welcoming space, with wraparound gardens perfect for little adventurers and their own outdoor classroom. The nursery has a home-from-home feel and environments are cosy and inviting, providing ample opportunities for children to play and explore.
Our nursery is open from 7:30am - 18:00pm and we would require you to be able to work varied shift patterns between those times.
Room Leader duties and responsibilities*:
* 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.
Room Leader requirement and skills:
* 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.
Royston House 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.
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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: SG8 7AG
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