Join Our Passionate Team at Worcester Park – Where Every Day is an Adventure in Learning
Salary: £30,180.80 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Are you a passionate early years professional ready for your next challenge? At Worcester Day Nursery, we're looking for a dedicated and inspiring Room Leader to help lead our vibrant, nurturing setting based in our Toddler room where children thrive and staff feel truly valued.
The nursery is (previously Bizzy Bees) is rated Good by Ofsted (January 2020) The nursery is situated on Longfellow Road, just along the road from the Waitrose supermarket. Close by there's a selection of bus stops and Worcester Park train station is a 3-minute drive away.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
£750 Welcome Bonus : A warm start to your journey with us*
£400 Qualification Bonus : For all Level 3 Practitioners, paid after just 6 months*
Generous Annual Leave : 20 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off – paid
Childcare Discount: 75% off nursery fees for your little ones
Health & Wellbeing Support: Confidential employee assistance helpline
Career Growth: Personalised learning and development opportunities
Refer a Friend: Earn up to £750 with our referral scheme*
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
Room Leader requirement 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
Apply now to join our family, fulfill your career where everyone matters and everyone makes a difference. We look forward to receiving your application
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Worcester Day Nursery 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