Nursery Room Leader

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:

1.  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.

2.  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.

3.  Implement activities which encourage linguistic and social interaction between children and their carers.

4.  Support the Nursery Practitioners and students in the implementation and evaluation of children’s planning and progress.

5.  Be a key worker for a group of children by observing, monitoring and recording each individual’s development.

6.  Complete Tapestry entries for children within the setting - observing, monitoring and capturing information and progress which is logged within the individual online learning journals.

7.  Attend staff training, meetings, parents evenings and open days as required.

8.  Communicate with parents / carers about the day to day needs of the children by fostering parental involvement and encouraging positive parenting skills.

9.  Help children acquire self-help skills including dressing, feeding, toilet training and an awareness of personal hygiene.

10.  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.

11.  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.

12.  To be aware of and comply with all LifeLine’s policies and procedures including safeguarding, child protection, confidentiality and other relevant nursery policies.

13.  To keep up to date with developments in childcare and parent education through regular training as appropriate.

14.  To maintain records and documentation that complies with statutory requirements, and to support the nursery practitioners with the completion of such documents.

15.  Conduct staff one to ones and appraisals.

16.  To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as required from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS:

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
 

COMPETENCIES:

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