The chosen candidate will be part of the Toddlers room and will be responsible for caring for the children, supervising them in their daily activities, and organising and preparing activities and materials.

• Assisting with settling in new children
• Responsibility for recording relevant information about your assigned key children’s progress.
• Planning for your key children
• Weekly individual diaries for the parents of their key children (Online system)
• Individual Learning Plans for your key children
• Reports for the parents twice a year and a 2-year-old assessment reports

Required Qualifications Level 4 and above qualification recognised by Ofsted

Required Experience

• 1-2 years of experience as a room leader in a nursery setting
• Knowledge of Ofsted requirements
• Health & Safety and safeguarding practices

Required Skills

• Understanding children
• Excellent knowledge of the EYFS
• Great people skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with parents
• Competent IT skills.
• Confidence to put into practice what you know
• Openness to be told/learn how to improve
• Empathy and patience for children who are not yet speaking or are struggling to do something
• Great listening skills
• Problem-solving & a positive can-do attitude
• A resilient (strong) yet also caring and great empathy
• Able to take constructive criticism
• Able to be self-reflective to improve constantly

We will provide training and support to help everyone who works in our team, to help them and us constantly improve in quality. Your first week with us will be staff training, and we will also invest in your long-term training.

Safeguarding

Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind.

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practise in a way that protects them.

All references will be thoroughly checked, and we will apply for a DBS update service as well as a DBS equivalent from any country the applicant was in prior to the UK and within the last 5 years.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to age, gender reassignment, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

School type:

• Day nursery
• Preschool
• Private nursery school

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

Work Location: In person