Nursery Supervisor

PAY RATE MAY DIFFER DEPENDING ON AGE AND EXPERIENCE

About us

The Udder Pre School

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Nursery Supervisor, for the following hours:

Monday: 8am until 3.15pm

Tuesday: 9.15am until 5.30pm

Wednesday: 8am until 5.15pm

Thursday: 8am until 5.30pm

Friday: 8am until 6pm

42.25 hours a week. All Year Round.

The candidate will need to be educated to NVQ Level 3 in Childcare standard or higher. A personal affinity with connections to the countryside and all it encompasses will be an advantage introducing the enormous benefits to children from following our belief in the blue sky experiential learning.

You will be a strong team player and have a love of the great outdoors as we are based on a farm and spend as much time outside as possible going out for walks and using our two woodland areas daily.

You will have strong people skills with an ability to develop excellent working relationships having the ability to adapt to any situation.

You will have excellent parent partnership skills with a real passion for delivering excellent services to all the children and families using the nursery.

You will need to have your own Transport as we are based off the A43 and there is no public transport.

Main Duties

1. If required, give input into long term, medium term and sessional curriculum plans which take into account the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage; to monitor the effectiveness of the curriculum.

2. To jointly ensure that the nursery staff, volunteers and resources are effectively managed, supported and supervised on a daily basis.

3. To ensure that all nursery staff carry out the weekly planning sheets and evaluations.

4. To be responsible for providing a high quality of teaching and learning, ensuring that staff are properly deployed and offer appropriate stimulation and support to the children.

5. To be responsible for overseeing our observation systems, using tracking systems where necessary to ensure they are supporting the children’s development.

6. To assist the Business Manager when necessary to organise the key person system

7. To liaise closely with parents/carers, informing them about the nursery and its curriculum, exchanging information about children's progress and encouraging parents' involvement.

8. To ensure that the pre-school is a safe environment for children, staff and others, that equipment is safe, standards of hygiene are high, health and safety procedures are implemented at all times and fire drills are regularly practiced.

9. To be aware of and adhere to all the setting’s policies and procedures including those relating to confidentiality, equality and diversity, health and safety, fire precautions, dropping off and collection of children, food safety, cleanliness of the setting, safeguarding, setting hygiene and whistleblowing. This is not an exhaustive list of the setting’s procedures

10. To be a Keyworker.

11. To attend in-service training and meetings as required.

12. To attend all get togethers and parents evenings.

13. To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the leadership team, in accordance with the pre-school business plan/objectives

14. To be responsible and carry out as required the specific childcare tasks below
    · The preparation and completion of activities to suit each individual child’s stage development and interests
    · To develop your role within the team especially with regard as a key person
    · To ensure that mealtimes 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 uphold its standards at all times, both within work hours and outside
    · To ensure that you keep up to date with all the observations/reports on Iconnect.

15. To comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.00-£13.40 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Do you enjoy being in the Outdoors?
• Do you have a NVQ Level 2 in Childcare standard or higher? If not, please don't apply for this job. Thank you.

Experience:

• Nursery: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person