Senior Nursery Practitioner
27 days ago
High Wycombe
Cherrygrove Nursery \n\n Room Leader \n\n Salary - £29,194.10 per annum \n\n 42.5 hours per week. \n\n Cherrygrove Nursery is a warm and welcoming setting located in High Wycombe, just a short distance from the town center and with easy access to the M40. Rated Good by Ofsted, the nursery offers three age-specific rooms, each with its own garden area, where children can explore and enjoy the outdoors. \n\n We are currently seeking a dedicated Room Leader to join our team. This full-time position offers 42.5 hours per week, with flexible shift patterns between the nursery’s operating hours of 7:30 AM and 6:30 PM. As the nursery operates year-round, this is not a term-time only role. The salary for this position is up to £29,940 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience. \n\n If you're a passionate childcare professional looking to take the next step in your career and lead a team in a supportive, enriching environment, we would love to hear from you! \n\n Join Our Passionate Early Years Team - And Get More Than a Job! \n\n Why Join Us? \n\n At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: \n\n\n\t • £400 Qualfiication Recognition Bonus\n\t, • Referral programme: Refer a friend and earn upto £750\n\t, • Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s\n\t, • Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays \n\t, • Health and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available \n\t, • Career Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth\n\t, • Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.\n\t, • Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development.\n\t, • Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality.\n\t, • Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency.\n\t, • Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff.\n\t, • Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file.\n\t, • Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times.\n\t, • Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification – Essential.\n\t, • Over 1 years’ experience working in Early Years – Essential.\n\t, • Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position – Desirable.\n\t, • Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating – Desirable.\n\t, • Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements – Essential.\n\t