Room Leader

ROOM LEADERS (baby room & pre-school room)

Up to GBP10.50 per hour

Rural location - drivers licence/car required

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE:

Essential to role

• Full and relevant Early Years qualification
• Full understanding and working knowledge of the EYFS
• Awareness of the Ofsted inspection framework
• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of providing customer service
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements
• Experience of managing a cohort of key children

ROLE OVERVIEW:

• As a nursery nurse you are responsible for working effectively with base room colleagues to ensure that the learning environment is appropriate to meeting all children's individual needs.
• Responsible for key children.
• Responsible for cohort tracking of key children group.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To contribute to the room planning.
• To understand the requirements of the EYFS, health and safety and Ofsted.
• To fulfil the role of a Key Person and work in partnership with parents/carers, ensuring all children's individual needs are met, including observing, planning and evaluating development activities.
• Ensuring key children's learning journeys, next steps and cohort tracking is up to date.
• To liaise professionally and courteously with parents, children, colleagues and visitors in a polite and professional manner, seeking help or signposting to the correct person with the Nursery.
• To prepare daily activities for all children whilst adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• To interact effectively with all children.
• To ensure the process for new children and children who are transitioning is followed appropriately.
• To ensure the procedures for own key children transitioning are followed and all paperwork is up to date before the transfer takes place.
• To carry out peer-to-peer observations termly.
• To assist in the setting up of the room in the morning, throughout the day and closing down the room in the evening.
• To support the team with hygiene for children including nappies, toileting, face and hands wiping and changing a child's clothes.
• To maintain records and reports, keeping daily diaries of the children's progress and activities.
• To assist with general cleaning, tidying and sterilising.
• To contribute to the board displays.
• To adhere to and implement all Nursery policies and procedures.

Self-Management:

• Attends training courses to further personal development.
• Performs any ad hoc duties as required.
• Actively contributes and participates as part of the team, attending team meetings and other events.
• Is mindful of personal safety and safety of colleagues.
• Assists the Nursery Manager with initiatives that directly benefit the Nursery.