Nursery Third in Charge job at Weybridge Full Time

CherryLands Nursery

Third in Charge

42.5 hours per week

Monday – Friday, All year round

Salary: £35,360.00 per annum

Nestled on the outskirts of Byfleet, CherryLands Nursery offers a warm and nurturing enviroment where children can thrive through active learning and purposeful play. Easily accessible by public transport and with the convenience of an onsite car park, our nursery is surrounded by nature and features a large, spacious garden completed with exciting climbing frames designed to inspire outdoor learning and exploration. We’re proud to provide a home from home setting that combines professionalism with genuine care. Creating a place where every child feels secure, valued and ready to grow.

We are currently seeking a Third in Charge to join our team. This full-time role requires working 42.5 hours per week, with shifts between 7:30 am and 6:30 pm. The ideal candidate will hold a full and relevant Level 3 qualification. Please note, this is a year-round position, as the nursery operates throughout the year and is not term-time only.

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a
comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Referral programme: Refer
  a friend and earn upto £750
• Employee
  Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s
• Annual
  Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and
  bank holidays
• Health
  and Wellbeing Programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline
  available
• Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career
  growth

As Third in Charge / Room Leader, 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 Third in Charge / Room Leader, you will need:

• Full
  and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification – Essential.
• Over
  1 years’ 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.

Cherrylands Nursery 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.