Nursery Room Leader 

Position: Full-Time - 40 hours per week

Hourly rate: £14.45 per hour  

£750 Welcome Bonus: A warm start to your journey with us*​

About Us:

Join our warm and welcoming team at Footsteps Nursery Stafford, where we care for children aged 3 months to 5 years in a nurturing, nature-inspired environment. With a spacious garden, forest school sessions, and hands-on activities, we create enriching experiences that spark curiosity and support every stage of development. We value our staff too, offering free lunches, a supportive atmosphere, and opportunities to grow within our dedicated team.

Role Overview:
As a Room Leader at our nursery, you will be responsible for overseeing the care and development of our pre-school age group, working closely with a team of skilled practitioners. You will create a nurturing and safe environment for children, ensuring their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth.

Essential Qualifications & Skills:

• Full and relevant Level 3 qualification in Childcare (Essential)
  
• Previous experience working with pre-school
  
• A passion for the outdoors and outdoor learning, with an enthusiasm for forest school activities
  
• Strong understanding of child development and the ability to provide purposeful learning experiences
  
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, particularly in working with parents and colleagues
  
• Knowledge of and commitment to safeguarding and child protection
  

Why Join Us?

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

· Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an\nextra paid day off for your birthday

· Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members

· Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee\nAssistance Programme helpline

· Learning and development: Tailored training and\ndevelopment opportunities to support your career growth

· Pension: Company pension scheme

· Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts

· Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme

· Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing\nsupport

· Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our\nreferral programme

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

Footsteps Nursery Stafford is part of the Family First Group\nwhere we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and\nresponsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child.\nWe are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory\npractice for all children and families according to their individual needs.\nDiscrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief,\nmarriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender\nreassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political\nbelief has no place within the Family First Group.