Overview
As a Room Leader, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education, helping all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones. You will promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, safeguarding, and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child\'s needs.
Responsibilities
* Lead, mentor, and support a team to deliver high-quality care and education for children in the room
* Develop trust and strong working partnerships with colleagues and parents/carers
* Ensure safeguarding, child protection, and compliance with wider legislative requirements for working with children
* Promote health and safety and child welfare in daily practice
Qualifications
* Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
* Experience in an Early Years setting; ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator, or similar
* Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
* Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
* Strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and relevant legislative requirements
* Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/carers
* Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with children and adults
Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles - Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? We are looking for a Baby Room or Toddler Room Leader to join our Bright Horizons Basingstoke Copper Beeches Day Nursery and Preschool, situated within walking distance to the Town Centre, with a super easy bus route. The nursery has stunning expansive gardens, dedicated children\'s kitchen, 7 base rooms, large onsite parking, staff children attend and flexible shifts. In addition, there\'s a large staff room to relax in, training opportunities, wellbeing is at the heart of the Nursery, and a robust and supportive induction programme.
Benefits
* Childcare discount of 50% for first child
* Enhanced parental leave
* 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave
* Pension
* Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
* Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
* Subject to T&Cs
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