Early Years Team Leader

**Early Years Team Leader**
**Responsible to Nursery Manager. Responsible for Room based staff.**

**£20-£22k approx**

**Strevenage**

Excellent opportunity with an established Childcare business, that operates across Essex and London. This role is based in a beautiful Nursery setting in Stevenage.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum Level 3 in Childcare and Education or equivalent
- Knowledge of child development
- Awareness of health and safety requirements within the nursery
- Knowledge of regulations in relation to child protection/Safeguarding Children's Board
- Previous experience of caring for, or working with children aged 0-5 in a voluntary or paid capacity
- Sound Knowledge of EYFS
- Knowledge of the Statutory Framework for the regulation of childcare provision
- A commitment to the provision of high quality childcare
- Understanding of the importance of equal opportunities in the workplace
- A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities
- Effective communicator oral and written, neat and professional appearance
- Positive and passionate about childcare
- Good organisational, record keeping and planning skills. Good Puncuality
- Ability to support Manager and Deputy Manager
- Professional approach to parents
- Reliability and trustworthiness. Able to provide 2 references (ideally).

**Purpose of the job**:To provide safe, high quality education and care through planning and assessment, to fulfil legal requirements, to lead and manage staff on a day to day basis, to contribute to and to implement nursery policies.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support and liaise with the Manager and Deputy Manager
- Key holder responsibility and security
- Ensure the nursery meets the required standards, ratios and conditions of registration
- Adhering to Company policy and procedure and complying with the Children's Act 1989 and 2004
- Implementing the Companies Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy and Procedures
- Possessing a thorough knowledge of OfSTED, Statutory Framework and effectively implementing these requirements
- To take responsibility for drawing up daily, weekly and sessional curriculum plans which take into account the requirements of the EYFS
- To monitor the effectiveness of the room curriculum.
- To be responsible for the monitoring of and addressing all instances of poor practice in the rooms
- To organise the key person system and to effectively supervise staff on a daily basis, to be responsible for monitoring the quality of teaching
- Supporting and monitoring the statutory framework to ensure each child develops within a stimulating environment
- To be responsible for providing a high quality of teaching and learning, ensuring that staff are properly deployed and offer appropriate stimulation and support to the children.
- Ensuring planning is done in the room in a timely fashion and meets the need of the child through EYFS and Every Child Matters
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in organising and attending events that publicise the nursery, these may include fundraising events, open weekends, wider company events
- Ensuring close supervision of children during all meal times and adhering to the allergy and dietary requirements of all children within the nursery
- Following Company procedure for the positive management of children's behaviour
- To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by management in accordance with the rooms business plan/objectives
- Supporting staff, students, volunteers and regular visitors to the nursery, including staff from the wider business who may cover on occasions
- Carrying out effective employee inductions and holding one to one meetings under the direction of the Manager or Deputy Manager
- Identifying and addressing staff training needs in liaison with the Manager or Deputy Manager
- Supporting staff to ensure their performance is effective and in line with Company Policy and Procedure
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in maintaining appropriate levels of qualified/unqualified employees in the nursery
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in providing leadership and day to day management for the nursery staff
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in cascading effectively to all employees changes to documents/procedures as directed by the Company
- Providing positive role model to the staff team, maintaining staff motivation
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in leading, managing and developing the nursery team ensuring that each staff member makes a positive contribution to the success of the nursery
- Remaining aware and observant of all health and safety issues in the nursery and where possible reduce the risk of an accident occurring through preventative actions
- Promoting health and safety in the room through role modelling and attending training
- Adhering to health and safety procedures including the carrying out of risk assessments
- Supporting the Manager and Deputy Manager in keeping and monitoring accident and incident records and reports

**complete job spec given upon interview.**

**NB: this post is exempt from the _rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. _Applicants must be prepared to disclose any convictions they may have and any orders which have been made against them.**

This post requires a DBS check as there may be periods of unsupervised access to children. An enhanced CRB and satisfactory references would be obtained prior to commencement of employment.