JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION:
Nursery Room Leader
DEPARTMENT:
Families
LOCATION:
RM12
WORK CAPACITY:
40 Hours per week - Worked in shifts, 7am – 7pm
MAIN JOB SUMMARY:
To work effectively as part of the nursery team, providing a stimulating and caring environment for pre-school children. Supporting team members to provide a high standard of care and education.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To be the main contact for the designated Nursery room, working alongside a team of Practitioners to ensure that the room operates smoothly and provides a safe environment for the children within the setting.
- Plan, prepare and participate in a range of activities in line with the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Service) Framework, to promote each child’s physical, intellectual and emotional needs to enable them to reach their full potential.
- Implement activities which encourage linguistic and social interaction between children and their carers.
- Support the Nursery Practitioners and students in the implementation and evaluation of children’s planning and progress.
- Be a key worker for a group of children by observing, monitoring and recording each individual’s development.
- Complete Tapestry entries for children within the setting - observing, monitoring and capturing information and progress which is logged within the individual online learning journals.
- Attend staff training, meetings, parents evenings and open days as required.
- Communicate with parents / carers about the day to day needs of the children by fostering parental involvement and encouraging positive parenting skills.
- Help children acquire self-help skills including dressing, feeding, toilet training and an awareness of personal hygiene.
- Ensure that the nursery meets safety and hygiene requirements and to report any issues to a senior member of staff. Along with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager set out a cleaning rota which should be completed by all staff within the allocated room.
- To be flexible within working practices in the Nursery. Be prepared to assist where needed, including the undertaking of domestic jobs (laundry and cleaning) within the Nursery.
- To be aware of and comply with all LifeLine’s policies and procedures including safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality and other relevant nursery policies.
- To keep up to date with developments in childcare and parent education through regular training as appropriate.
- To maintain records and documentation that complies with statutory requirements, and to support the nursery practitioners with the completion of such documents.
- Conduct staff one to ones and appraisals.
- To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as required from time to time.
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT:
Essential qualifications
- NNEB/CACHE, BTEC or NVQ in Childcare at Level 3 or above
- GCSE – Maths and English – Grade C and above / or Functional Skills – Level 2 – English, Maths and ICT
- Recent post qualifying experience
- Paediatric First Aid Certificate
Desirable qualifications
- A basic food hygiene certificate
- Level 3 in Safeguarding
- Level 3 in Special Educational Needs
Experience and skills - Essential
- Recent experience of working in a care/education early years setting
- Experience of planning, short, medium and long-term plans in an early years setting to meet the needs of both individual children and those in a group setting
- Experience of providing a nursery curriculum for 0-3 and/or 3-5 year olds
- Knowledge/experience of meeting the needs of children and families
- Experience of maintaining accurate records
- Ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds and organisations
- Ability to build relationships with children
- Be able to work independently using your own initiative as well as within a team
- Ability to identify and deal with problems and to know when to refer on
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience and skills- Desirable
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Experience of working with children with special educational needs
REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE
BASIC SALARY:
YEARLY:
£23,000- £26,000
MONTHLY:
£1916.99-£2166.66
WEEKLY:
£442.30-£500
DAILY:
£88.46-£100
HOURLY:
£11.05-£12.5
BONUS SCHEME:
None
BENEFITS:
Pension: 5% employer contribution; 3% employee contribution.
HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT:
25 days holiday.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: On the road