Room Senior Pre-School

Room Senior Pre-School

Littlehampton

Join the Friendly Fish team and receive the reward and recognition you deserve for doing the most important job in the world.

As a Room leader you will be joining our lovely team looking after children aged 3 – 4 years. We would like you to work with our team to deliver outstanding childcare to all of our pre-school children; creating strong attachments and fun experiences both indoors, outdoors and at Beach School. They are all passionate and caring and are looking for someone to join the team who loves being outdoors as much as they do.

Barnkids Nursery Group are a small group of family run nurseries that believe in everyone. We have one of the leading Salary and Benefits packages for our team and we want to nurture kindness and respect and achieve great things together. We are set in beautiful buildings, in beautiful locations and a huge part of this journey is focused on the great outdoors, where there is so much opportunity to create awe and wonder. We appreciate our team and everything they do for us and we look after them like part of the family.

Room Senior Pre-School – Principle Responsibilities include:

• To lead by example, partnering with the management team and other room leaders, supporting and mentoring your team.
• To ensure children’s welfare is maintained to a high standard at all time and regular routines are established and maintained.
• To keep children safe at all times, demonstrating understanding and following the Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
• To understand the learning and development requirements of the room as a whole, your key children, as well as ensuring team members understand the L&D requirements of their children. This should include planned activities, continuous provision and next steps.
• To work with the team to provide a stimulating and varied programme of play and learning opportunities. Activities should suit the child’s stage of development and encourage extension of learning.
• To work with the SENCO and your team to identify and support children, who may require additional help to meet milestones. For example ensuring targeted plans are in place or time is made for 1:1 support.
• To periodically evaluate the room and resources to ensure they are meeting the children’s needs and come up with plans to enhance and develop to continue to meet children’s needs. Outcomes of these reviews should be discussed with management.

Room Senior Pre-School – Role Requirements

You should join us if:

You have experience as an Early Years Practitioner and hold a relevant Early Years Qualification (Level 3 or above)

Passionate and Positive

Caring and supportive

A ‘can do’ attitude, willing to give things a try

Reliable and hard working

What we can offer you:

• We pride ourselves on paying above industry standard for salaries, holidays and bonuses. We also pay for overtime and training and even give you your birthday off.
• £20,500 – £23,500
• £500 Joining bonus
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Up to 33 days holiday a year to start, increasing by a further 5 days through length of service
• Personal Development Fund of £100 per year
• Childcare Discount of 45%
• Enhanced Maternity Benefits after 2 years of service
• Refer a friend scheme of £500
• Funding and paid time off for EYTT, EY Degrees, Forest School, Leadership Training
• Money off vouchers – £100 Christmas Shopping Voucher, Cinema Tickets, Dining Out Vouchers and more
• Brilliant team, excellent parties and celebrations
• Techscheme to help fund purchases from PcWorld and Currys
• Cycle to work scheme
• Length of service rewards at 5 and 10 years

Working Hours

36 or 40 hours a week

Salary

£20,500 – £23,500

Expected Start

01/12/2023

Closing Date

28/02/2024

Barnkids and Fairlands Nurseries are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment; the safety and wellbeing of all of those in our care, our staff and our visitors is of paramount importance. We continuously strive to sustain an environment where everyone takes responsibility for their own safety and for those around them.