Nursery Room Leader

Head Start Crews Hill EN2 9BD

Baby Room Ledaer Under 2's 

Salary - £30,000 Per Annum 

Hours -40 hours a week - you choose 4 days 36 hours or the usual 5 days 40 hours (we want to be flexiable and have patterns that works around you) 

Set in beautiful grounds, Head Start Crews Hill Day Nursery & Pre-school are seeking to appoint a Level 2 or Level 3 Nursery Practitioner due to growth. As a Nursery Practitioner, you will be joining a nursery with ambitions plans, where the staff team are stable and happy and enthusiastic about creating amazing experiences for the children within our care. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated, enthusiastic nursery practitioner, who can work closely within a growing team, you should possess great communication skills and have a calm, approachable nature.

This position would suit an experienced nursery practitioner who has previously worked in a similar environment caring for children aged between 0 – 5 years and is looking for an exciting career opportunity.

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.

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

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

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.

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.

Head Start Day Nursery & Pre-School 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.

Family First benefits

• 50% childcare 
• progress in your career with opputinities in doing level 2,3,4 and 5 in childcare.
• Holidays -32 days including bank holidays.
• Annual leave increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend bonus up to £500 depending on qulification and hours.
• Birthday off.
• monthly allowance for staff treats