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WMC Training is seeking a dedicated ROOM LEADER to join the professional, rewarding, and supportive team at Strawberry Fields Day Nursery ,E10 5EP.This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the nursery and maintaining the delivery of high standards of care and education to all children.
The ideal candidate will
- Provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children place in the setting.
- Give support to their staff within the setting.
- Work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
- Build and maintain strong partnership working with parents to enable childrens needs to be met.
Main Duties:
- To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members)
- To keep records of your key childrens development and learning journeys and share with parents, carers and other key adults in the childs life.
- Support all staff and engage in a good staff team.
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs.
- To ensure the provision of a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures and medical histories.
- To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary.
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, summer fayre, etc
- To be flexible within working practices of the setting, undertaking other responsible duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc.
- To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the settings philosophy is fulfilled.
- To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting.
- To develop your role within the team, especially with regard to being a key person
- To keep completely confidential any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job.
- To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside.
- To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers.
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
- To undertake and lead on additional responsibilities such as SENCO, training co-ordinator, safeguarding Officer etc
Personnel Specification
- Minimum of a relevant and recognised Level 3 qualification
- Recent Paediatric First Aid certificate
- Basic Food Hygiene
Relevant Experience
- Experience in working with children
- Experience of working in an early years setting
- Experience of implementation of EYFS
- Experience of working in partnership with parents
