Early Years Room Leader

Job Description

We are looking for a Baby Room Leader for our nursery in Holland-On-Sea, near Clacton, Essex.

Little Holland Nursery is a beautiful nursery for children aged 0-5. We are fully resourced and have our own garden, as well as being close to the beach and park for trips.

Of course you'll get competitive pay, 28 days holiday and pension with contributions from the company.

What you'll achieve as a Room Leader

· Plan, prepare and participate in a range of activities that enable each child to reach their full potential

· Be a key worker for a group of children by observing, monitoring and recording each individual's development

· Support other nursery practitioners in the evaluation of children's progress

· Make decisions about the layout, wall displays and resources to get the most of your room

· Be responsible for paperwork and progress reports within your room

· Work in partnership with parents and carers

· Motivate children to learn, enabling them to feel secure, valued and respected

What you'll need to apply

· Minimum of level 3 NVQ or equivalent Early years and childcare

· 2 years experience as a nursery practitioner or room leader is preferred

It'll also be helpful if you have these qualifications, but we do offer training to all our staff

· Safeguarding minimum level 2 (preferred)

· Paediatric first aid (preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26083.20 per year/£12.54 per hour

Schedule: Monday to Friday usually 40 hours per week between 7.30am and 6pm

Experience: Childcare: 2 years (preferred)

Information about the School

Little Holland Nursery is a beautiful nursery for children aged 0-5. We are fully resourced and have our own garden, as well as being close to the beach and park for trips.

We are open from 8am to 6pm all year.

We offer a broad range of activities and resources to follow children's individual needs. The nursery has a loving, homely and stimulating environment and is managed by an Early Years Professional.

We offer home-cooked food for everyone at no additional cost, including for funded placements.

We take children from 3 months of age and have places for 2,3 and 4 year old funding. We teach children to be independent and have a phonics programme in place to enable children to learn how to be confident with their letter sounds and numbers. We have a well planned garden with astro turf, a huge sandpit, mud kitchens and a digging/growing area. We support children with special educational needs and disabilities by allocating a key person who gets to know the children really well and who can plan for their individual learning. We offer a variety of activities to progress learning and differentiate them for individual needs. We have invested in suitable tablets with appropriate software to enable children to become computer literate. We work with professionals involved with the children to fully meet their needs. Our staff have appropriate training to be able to support and identify children who may need extra help.