Nursery Third in Charge Full Time

Southampton, Hampshire
Family First Nurseries
Are you looking for a new leadership role? Are you looking to work in a supporting environment? Explore our Nursery Third in Charge role below!

Job Title: Third in Charge

Salary: £26,416.00 per annum

Contract Type: Full Time (40hrs), Permanent

Location: Andersons Road, City Centre, Southampton SO14 5FE

Play Away Day Nursery – Southampton City are looking for a Nursery Third in Charge/Room Leader to assist management in providing the highest standard of compliance, care and education for children, and effectively manage daily operations of the nursery, including positive partnerships with staff and parents

About us:

We are situated at the foor of Itchen bridge and a short walk from Ocean Village Marina and Itchen river which provides fantatsic views! They are a 30minute walk from the train station and are also on a bus route providing easy access to the nursery if you do not drive. Our building is purpose built and is registered to hold up to 102 children a day. The Nursery consists of 4 main play rooms aswell as an additional centre room which is used as a sensory room. As a nursery we celebrate our staff’s individuality embedding staff strengths, culture, and inspirations into our curriculum. Staff receive acknowledgement for their achievements and enjoy a large staff room to unwind in with games and positivity jars. The nursery prides itself on building a culture of teamwork, togetherness, and support. This is reflected in the staff team’s dedication and length of service with most staff ranging from 5-20 years at the nursery.

Nursery Reviews:

“The dedicated staff and the wonderful head teacher just exude warmth, Professionalism and genuine care for the children”

“Their approach to early childhood education is nothing short of exceptional, fostering an inclusive and stimulating atmosphere for the little ones.”

Would you like to come and develop your skills and knowledge with us? We offer endless opportunities with some key areas being Makaton, speech and language intervention groups, and bespoke training from our Early years specialists. Apply today and let us know your areas of interest and we can look to invest in your future development and skills.

Play Away City Nursery, part of the Family First Nursery Group, offers the highest quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Based in Southampton, we want to ensure that our family first spirit and curriculum positively impacts as many families as possible. Always putting our families first, the safety and wellbeing of all our children, staff and parents is our number one priority.

Please visit our nurseries website for further information Play Away Day Nurseries Southampton, Totton & West End

As a Nursery Third in Charge, you will:

Provide stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources to children, that are appropriate to their age and stage of development

Enhance the all-around daily needs of children, including their physical, intellectual, social and emotional development

Assist staff in updating the EyLog system and their child learning journals with the highest quality

Promote respect and credibility for this position by leading as a role model with impartiality and consistency

Assist with embedding an effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff

Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file

Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent and visitor at all times

Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met

Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

As a Nursery Third in Charge, you will need:

Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification – Essential

Over 1 year’s experience working in Early Years – Essential

Over 6 months’ experience working in a senior position – Desirable

Sound knowledge of Ofsted expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating – Desirable

Knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements – Essential

Fluent in written and spoken English – Essential

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Play Away Day Nursery – Southampton City is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.

INDR2 Benefits

Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
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