Room Leader

·The Room Leader will oversee the day-to-day delivery of activities and an approach that will include every child - including children with complex impairments. The Room Leader is an in ratio, floor-based role When ratios permit, you will be required to support the Manager with administration duties.

·To be responsible for and to support staff to protect children from harm. The Room Leader is responsible for reporting any concern about a child's welfare or safety in accordance with Challengers Safeguarding Policy and Procedures and local authority procedures for protecting children from harm.

·To be a trained Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) who liaises with the Service Manager

·To be a key worker and support the staff team in completing their responsibilities in being a key worker.

·To work with and support the SENCO ensuring the Pre-School fulfils its obligation with regards to inclusion and equality

·2 years experience of working within the early years sector and a level 3 childcare or equivalent qualification

·A passion for supporting all children to reach their full potential within an inclusive environment

·Familiarity of the reporting and tracking required of and/or to facilitate the EYFS

·An interest in developing your skills further within a management role, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Our small and friendly Pre-school setting perfectly represents our mission to create places where all children can have fun and learn together through play .We are not a specialist SEND Pre-school setting, however we are able to provide support for children of all abilities, including disabled children and children with more complex needs.

Our values are to be Accountable, Ambitious, Inclusive, Playful and Trustworthy, if these resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

BENEFITS - What is in it for you?

·32 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) with extra for long service and after your first years' service, you'll get your birthday off. Holiday entitlement is pro-rata for part time contracts.

·To work for an organisation who truly consider work life balance and have high expectations for our outcomes not only for those who use our services but for our teams as well.

·Free Training - We regularly invite all our staff to free training courses including Disability and Inclusion Awareness, Medication Administration, Safeguarding, First Aid, Makaton and more!

·Free DBS - As we require all staff to have a DBS before they start with us, we have decided to offer this free of charge.

·Pension & Health Care Cash Plan - All our staff have access to a NEST pension and Simply Health health care plan.