The Little School
DEPUTY ROOM LEADER
Job Description
Purpose:
- To give guidance to staff in providing a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting.
- To work as part of a team in order to provide a safe, caring, inclusive and safe environment, ensuring good communication and that every person feels valued.
- To form strong partnership working with parents to enable children’s needs to be met and to organise events, brochures and pamphlets that help parents feel valued.
- To ensure the daily routine is applied and that all staff are fulfilling their duties within the room allocated.
- To ensure all staff comply with all nursery policies and procedures and government legislation.
Responsible to:
Nursery Manager/Deputy
Main Duties:
- To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members). To manage an allocated room, leading the team and and being a key worker-ensuring all staff fulfil their duties and that all observing, recording, assessing of progress and planning of next steps is kept up to date on famly. There should be 2 observations and 1 suggestion of how the parents / carer can encourage their child's learning each month.
- Ensure planning is completed, relevant to your children and inclusive. Work with staff, parents and children
in completing the planning. Evaluate planning, highlighting positive experiences and weaknesses. Give ideas of how things can be improved or extended.
- To ensure the team develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to
facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs as well as educating parents on how they may best support their child’s learning.
- To ensure the provision of a high quality learning environment within your section, to meet the needs of
individual children having an awareness of any SEND, family cultures and medical histories.
- To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment,
preserving confidentiality as necessary.
- Support all staff and engage in a good staff team, giving particular help and advice to those who are new or
unqualified.
- You have a responsibility to ensure they are capable of reaching The Little School standards. to children in
your area who are working above or below their recommended areas and ensure you work with the key worker to ensure these children reach their potential To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, parents and staff meetings and to organise regular meetings within your group, details of which should be recorded.
- To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times and to ensure all
staff implement Health & Safety procedures in accordance with Little School policies and procedures. Have a keen regard to the risk assessments.
- Ensure that staff undertake duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals,
cleansing of equipment, etc.
- To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled and to
follow all routines, duties, timetables, record keeping and any reasonable duties requested by the manager.
- To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of
the setting.
- To develop your role within the team, accessing new training and ensuring you are up to date with current
legislation and policies.
- To ensure complete confidentiality of any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that
is acquired as part of the job.
- To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and
outside. To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers and ensure training where required.
- To ensure mealtimes are a pleasant and social occasion and have regard for legislation regarding allergies
and food hygiene.
- To ensure that when a child is ill their care will be prioritised.
- To be aware and act on all matters of safeguarding immediately and ensure your staff are fully trained and
checked before you leave them alone in your area.
- To ensure accident and incidents are reported immediately and that forms are signed by parents on the day.
- Ensure the staff in your section know the fire procedures and that visiting staff are told this on arrival.
- To ensure all staff are treated equal and that everyone is given respect, support and courtesy in their role.
- Be responsible for participating in all staff development including allocating time for peer on peer
observations, supervisions and appraisals.
- Ensure your staff are effective at transition time ensuring there is little ‘dead time’.
Birthday off with gift voucher, Performance related bonus, Monthly rewards, Mental Health and wellbeing manager and support, Vitality Private Health care with 75% discount at Champneys. Childcare discount.
The opportunity has arisen for a qualified Senior Nursery Practitioner to join our team who holds a level 3 qualification or above, to work in our busy nursery with children aged between 0-3 years old. We have 2 nurseries in Petersfield and have a strong emphasis on outside play. You must have common sense, be articulate, conscientious and fun.
Requirements
A minimum of a level 3 qualification is required for this position, experience preferred but not essential. Salary is dependent on level of qualification and experience.
The role
Planning activities
Liaising with parents
Ensuring a warm and caring atmosphere for the children
Working as part of team.
Tracking children's progress
We provide in house training such as safeguarding, food hygiene, allergy awareness and any other courses related to the role. We also offer the opportunity to continue your professional development and gain more qualifications up to degree level.
The benefits which are available when working at The Little School are: 28days holiday, pension scheme, private health care, an extra day off to celebrate your birthday (after a year of service), cycle to work scheme, free parking, intensive internal training, further education up to a degree level, 25% childcare discount, monthly bonus', competitions to win bonuses.
Job Types: Full time, Permanent
Experience:
- Childcare: 1 year (essential)
Benefits:
- Bonus scheme
- A well being manager
- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance Discounts at Champneys
- 25% Childcare discount
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £14.40-£15.14 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
