Toddler Room Leader

Job description: Toddler Room Leader

Purpose of Post – To be an outstanding room leader, modelling outstanding teaching, demonstrating effective practice, and leading your team effectively to ensure smooth running of the room.

Domi Domingo is different from every other Nursery. Having achieved our second consecutive ‘outstanding’ grading from OFSTED, (Nov 24), we are ready to move forward and continue to develop our amazing setting.

We are a forest school setting, and value the importance of outdoor learning.

Our values are based on our appreciation of being a multilingual setting, and having a diverse staff team. We are also an organic nursery. Being as healthy as we can, and learning about how to be as environmentally friendly as possible is important to us.

We value all of our stakeholders, and want to support you to develop in your career. We are an exciting brand, which offers training opportunities to the right candidate, and opportunities to develop within our company. Furthermore, we have a sister Nursery in Lithuania, and offer our staff the opportunity to visit Lithuania and share their knowledge.

We don’t just recruit based on qualifications. Although these are important and you will need to be a L3 or above for this role, we want to get the right person. Your ethos and values are important to us.

Room leader job description:

• Be an outstanding early years practitioner and role model for our special children.
• To be a strong leader, delegating and modelling good practice for our staff team.
• Have a strong safeguarding knowledge, and be up to date with current legislation.
• To lead on assessment of children, ensuring that assessment is accurate and completed in a timely manner.
• To initiate and implement change where needed alongside the deputy room leader and management team, maintaining our warm friendly environment.
• To provide an outstanding learning environment.
• To support the leadership team in feeding back and monitoring staff performance and tackling underperformance, holding difficult conversations where needed.
• To act as a mentor where appropriate for new staff, students and volunteers.
• To ensure that relevant planning and activities are conducted in a timely manner.
• To be aware of ratios and staff accordingly, acting in the best interests of Nursery and liaising with management to send staff home when needed.
• To keep up to date with initiatives and good practice, and to implement these in the room.
• To ensure that all staff are aware of, and abide by policies and procedures, risk assessments and any other relevant documentation.
• To ensure that daily checklists are conducted.
• To take part in and lead on relevant areas of the action plans as a Nursery and as a room.
• To develop strong parental partnerships with our supportive parents.
• To work alongside our parent partnership officer to develop transitions into and out of the room, and other initiatives such as our parent group.
• To take part in dealing with any parental concerns/questions/complaints alongside the management team.
• To take part in any internal investigations when deemed necessary.
• To lead the room during inspections, visits and contribute to staff meetings.
• To form a good working relationship with the deputy room leader and ensure that communication is effective.
• To embed our ‘safe circle’ in the toddler room.
• To have a knowledge of SEND and effective practice.
• To support our SENDCO with paperwork and observations that need completing.
• To ensure that during stay and play and any other promotional activities that the room is running effectively and smoothly.
• To develop good relationships with other room leaders.
• To complete any other tasks requested by the management team.

Key Areas

• Work with Children;
• Team Work;
• Liaise with Parents/Careers.
• Leadership

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday, between 7.30-6.

Pay

£13.01 ph

Responsible to

Manager/Area manager

Line Management Responsibilities

To lead the room staff team.

Room leader. - Person Specification:

Skills, aptitude, knowledge and experience

To have at least two years experience working in an early years setting.

Previous leadership experience as a room leader

A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities

To have good knowledge of the EYFS and statutory requirements

To be an outstanding practitioner.

To have experience of working with children with EAL.

To plan trips out of the setting, including carrying out risk assessments and the appropriate paperwork.

SEND experience

Personal qualities

Leadership ability – confidently lead and delegate.

Good organisational and record keeping skills

Punctuality and flexibility

Excellent communication skills, with children, colleagues, advisors and parents/carers/carers.

Patience

Empathy with children, colleagues and parents/carers/carers

Reliability and trustworthiness

A positive approach to inclusive practice, with children and colleagues

Good attendance record

To have good time management skills in order for tasks to be completed on time.

Work effectively alongside the manager and in the staff team.

To liaise with management regarding the action plan and future plans.

To have a good sense of humour and the ability to laugh at yourself!

Qualifications

Completion of a recognised Level 3 Childcare qualification, e.g. Level 3 Certificate for the Children & Young People’s Workforce, NVQ Level 3 in Children’s Care, Learning and Development.

A positive approach to gaining further qualifications

Some understanding of the importance of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene in the workplace

This post requires a DBS check as there may be periods of unsupervised access to children. An Enhanced DBS and satisfactory references would be obtained prior to commencement of employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £13.01 per hour

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking