Nursery Third in Charge

Description

Poppies Maidenhead Day Nursery & Pre-School

19Shifford Cres, Maidenhead, SL6 7UA

Room Leader

40 hours per week

Salary GBP30,492.80 per annum depending on qualifications and experience

Full and Relevant Level 3 Childcare Qualification

Poppies Maidenhead is a warm and nurturing nursery located just outside of Maidenhead, only a short 12 minute walk from Furze Platt Station, with convienent parking avaliable outside. This prime location makes it an ideal choice for families. With a Good Ofsted rating, our purpose built nursery offers light, spacious rooms equipped with high quality resources, including a lending library and acess to both secure ground level and rooftop gardens.

In addition to our rich indoor environment, we provide exicitng extra-cirricular activities, such as French lessons, to inspire and engage children in their learning journey. We believe in fostering meaningful learning experiences both indoor and outdoors.

We are currently looking for a dedicated Room Leader to join our team. The role offers 40 hours per week with shifts between 7:30am and 6pm. Please note that we operate year round, not term time only.

Why Join Us?

GBP750 Welcome Bonus: A warm start to your journey with us GBP400 Qualification Bonus: For all Level 3 Practitioners, paid after just 6 months! Generous Annual Leave: 20 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off - paid! Childcare Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones Health & Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline Career Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities Refer a Friend: Earn up to GBP750 with our referral scheme Terms and conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.

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.

As Room Leader, you will need:

Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential. Over 1 years' 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.

Poppies Maidenhead Day Nursery and Preschool 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.

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