Nursery Room Leader

4 days ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Play Away West End Full time

**Play Away West End**

**Room Leader**

**40 hours per week**

**Full Time, Permanent, All year round**

**Salary starting at £11.25 per hour**

**Level 3 Childcare Qualification essential**

Play Away West End are looking for a Room Leader to join the team in their Paddington Bears room which is Preschool with children aged 3-5 years. Our Nursery consists of three detached buildings; each carefully adapted to suit the developmental stages of the children within them. The nursery buildings are set within a half-acre site with sensory gardens, playground equipment, dens and hidey holes, and back onto 40 acres of Hatch Grange Nature Reserve.

**Room Leader duties and responsibilities**:

- 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.

**Room Leader requirements and skills**:

- Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential
- Over 1 year’s 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

**Rewards and Benefits**:

- Annual leave starts at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and public bank holidays.
- Annual pay review to ensure competitive salary.
- Progression plans for all staff.
- Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rating staff bonus for the whole nursery team.
- Sick pay at company’s discretion where applicable.
- Team fun days and award events to thank and celebrate our wonderful teams.
- 50% off nursery fees for our team member’s children and up to 25% for grandchildren/friends/families.
- Up to £500 bonus for referrals of friends and family for company vacancies, depending on position.
- Bike to work scheme and one-off contribution of £50 to help you buy a bike for work commute and the remaining amount can be repaid through a salary sacrifice scheme.
- Employee assistance helpline offering confidential counselling and advisory service from qualified and trained experts 24/7, including face to face counselling sessions where needed.
- Play Away West End 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._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £11.25 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

School type:

- Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Southampton, SO30 3FE: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Nursery: 2 years (preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)
- Room Leader: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 3 Childcare Qualification (required)

Work Location: One location

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