About Us
Handprints Day Nursery & Preschool is located in Earl Shilton, serving the areas of Earl Shilton, Hinckley, Barwell and Burbage. As a team of professionals, our primary goal is to provide high quality care for children and cultivate positive relationships with everyone involved. Our nursery has a capacity of 50+ places and is open all year round, catering to children aged between 0-11. We adhere to the Reggio Emilia approach, which is supported by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
Are you searching for an exciting childcare career move?
We are looking for an enthusiastic level 3 qualified Room Leader, who has a passion for working with children to join our amazing team at Handprints in Earl Shilton, Leicester.
Purpose of post
- To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for all children in the nursery in your room
- To ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
- To give support to other team members throughout the nursery
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
Key areas
- Work with and support children
- Work as part of a team
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with parents
- Take ownership of the room and lead it with confidence
Duties and responsibilities
- Operate a programme of activities that meet the individual needs and interests of children in your area in conjunction with other team members
- To keep records of your key children’s development and learning journeys and share this with parents, carers and other key adults in the child’s life
- To follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure
- Liaise with and support parents and other family members
- To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parent evening, fundraising events etc.
- To be flexible within working practices of the nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including to undertake certain domestic jobs within the nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment etc.
- Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the nursery’s philosophy is fulfilled
- Read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role as deemed appropriate by the Manager
- Recording accidents, incidents and pre existing injuries.
- Look upon the nursery, as a “whole” where can your help be most utilised? Be constantly aware of the individual needs of all children
- Ensure someone known and agreed by the nursery and parent collects the child
- To respect the confidentiality of all information received
Specific Childcare Tasks
- Plan use initiative in the preschool room for activities and the layout of the room.
- Lead the other staff present in the room, delegating jobs and making sure the workload is shared.
- The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child's stage of development and interests
- To develop your role as a key person
- To ensure that meal times are a time of pleasant social sharing
- Washing and changing children as required
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
- Ensuring a poorly child is kept calm and warm and management is notified immediately
- To develop and maintain strong partnerships and communications with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs
- To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
- To be aware of the high profile of the nursery and to uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside
Job Details and Benefits
- Salary: Dependent on Experience - competitive and negotiable
- Company pension
- Location: Earl Shilton, Leicester
- Job Type: Full-time
- Schedule: Monday to Friday
- Hours: 40 hours between 7:30 - 5:30
- Discretionary Christmas Bonus
- Responsible To: Nursery Manager
- Focussed Career Plan
- Discounted childcare
- CPD and Full training given
- Ongoing Professional Development
- Access to professional training portal to seek the qualifications you want
- Attendance of Childcare Events and Expositions
www.handprintsdaynursery.com
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £13.00-£15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Experience:
- Childcare: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Level 3 or higher Childcare Qualification (required)
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
