Nursery Team Leader - Swansea, United Kingdom - Gorseinon Development Trust Limited t/a Trusting Hands Day Nursery

Description

Nursery Team Leader


Hours of Work:40 hours


Accountable to:
Nursery Manager / Deputy


Area of Work:
Canolfan Gorseinon Centre and surrounding area


Principal Duties:

• Provide a high quality, safe, stimulating and caring early years learning environment for children aged between 3 months and 8 years.
• Promote and maintain high standards of professional good practice in the nursery.

Key Tasks:

Supporting the Nursery Manager/Deputy to achieve and maintain high standards of care for the children in the nursery in accordance with CIW good practice guidelines, and the standards of the Gorseinon Development Trust.

• Ensure high quality care of the children at all times.
• To maintain a professional approach, ensuring confidentiality and respect in all issues relating to children, parents, and staff.
• To assist in maintaining appropriate security and protection for the children.
• To ensure you are aware of, and comply with, all policies of the nursery.
• To ensure you comply with Health and Safety legislation, and evacuation procedures.
• To assist in maintaining standards of hygiene, tidiness and cleanliness.
• Ensure you are aware of children's daily routines, particularly any changes, and any medical issues.
• Ensuring completion of Daily Record sheets, Medication & Accident forms, plus any request forms.

Developing the learning environment:

• Plan, organise and implement a program of suitable learning and play activities, including delivering the Foundation Phase requirements for children over the age of 3 years.
• To assist in ensuring all children's developmental observations and focus activities are accurately recorded, as directed by Team Leaders.

Working together as an effective Team

• As part of a team you need to be displaying initiative, respect, fairness and consistency at all times.
• To be displaying selfmotivation and innovation
• To be aware of the need to maintain correct staff ratios at all times.
• Support senior staff in supervising and monitoring all students on placement explaining daily routines and duties
• To keep abreast of current issues and attend training as necessary.

Participate in and marketing activities to maximize nursery occupancy

• Participate in open days and marketing events, including "fun days."
• Participate in Trust promotional activities.
• Provide advice and support to potential users.
• Contribute to and participate in team meetings/team activities outside of working hours when necessary.

Promoting and maintaining relationships with parents, guardians and visitors, to the nursery and the wider community.

• To communicate with parents and visitors in a calm, friendly and efficient manner.
• Provide advice and support to parents and exercise honesty and integrity in dealing with matters of concern.
• Maintain formal and informal links with parents and promote the close involvement of parents/guardians in their child's development in the Nursery.
• Ensure all visitors comply with statutory requirements.
• Carry out all suitable activities as directed by the Nursery Manager, Deputy and Board as commensurate with the level of the role.

Full-time hours: 40 per week


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£10.00-£10.27 per hour


Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:

All interviews can be undertaken over Zoom but face to face options are also available with enhanced hygiene and social distancing measures in place.

Experience:

- supervisory: 1 year (required)

- post qualification nursery: 2 years (required)


Licence/Certification:
- level 3 qualification (required)


Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 12/02/2023


Reference ID:
THDN 48