Early Years Two Year Old Room Leader

**To work alongside the manager and deputy to ensure the staff team deliver the EYFS curriculum to an outstanding standard.**:

- To formulate and operate a program of experiences and activities suitable for the age and range of children in your room in conjunction with your staff team, other senior members of staff, the deputy and manager.
- To look upon the setting as a “whole” with awareness of other rooms and children’s needs.
- To ensure good standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times and to be responsible for the Health and Safety standards appropriate for the needs of the children.
- To observe and understand the rules of confidentiality.
- To actively promote and support the safeguarding of children and young people within the setting, ensuring the nurseries policies and procedures are observed at all times.
- To support and promote equality and diversity.
- To prepare the children’s learning journeys within your room and establish reviews for parents and carers in conjunction with the manager and/or deputy.
- To keep a learning journey for all of your key children, compiled with photographs and observations to demonstrate what happens in nursery and why we offer the activities and experiences that we do.
- To build positive relationships with children, families and internal/external professionals demonstrating positive behaviour and expectations.
- To support staff and engage in being an outstanding staff team.
- To performance manage, appraise, observe and feedback to the nursery nurses within your room.
- To foresee the needs of all children and give physical, emotional and intellectual guidance as appropriate.
- To be involved in out of work activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, fundraising events.
- To be flexible within working practices of the setting, be prepared to help where needed including to undertake certain domestic jobs for example preparation of snacks and meals alongside the cleansing of equipment.
- To learn, understand and implement the Little Twisters policies and procedures within the nursery.
- To record accidents and incidents, ensuring the manager has confirmed knowledge of this before the parent/carer receives it.
- To ensure each child is collected by someone known to the setting.
- To ensure mealtimes is a time of pleasant social sharing.
- To provide warmth and comfort if a child becomes ill.
- To ensure the setting is a high quality environment to meet the needs of individual children from differing cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development.
- To participate in training programmes of a wide variety of students (i.e. placements and volunteers of all ages)
- To promote the nursery to current and potential parents, ensuring we stand out at all times.
- To be punctual and follow the nurseries correct uniform at all times adhering to the staff book rules.
- Drive own development through active participation in progress reviews, appraisals, one to ones and requesting supervisions when required.
- To use information technology systems as required to carry out the duties of the post in the most efficient and effective manner.
- To undertake other duties as appropriate to the post that may reasonably be required from time to time.

Pay: £13.50 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Management: 1 year (preferred)
- Nursery: 2 years (preferred)
- Childcare: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 27/09/2024
Expected start date: 30/09/2024