Family First Nurseries
Nursery Deputy Manager
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Nursery Deputy Manager - The Carshalton Day Nursery and Pre-School
Salary – £35,193.00 depending on experience
40 hours per week
Level 3 Childcare Qualification is essential
At The Carshalton Day Nursery and Pre-School, every day is an adventure, with plenty of opportunities for little ones to play, explore, learn, and make new friends in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment.
Our highly trained and dedicated team are passionate about creating inspiring opportunities for children every day. We are now looking for an enthusiastic Deputy Manager to join our friendly team and help continue delivering high-quality care and education.
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Annual Leave: 24 days to start, plus bank holidays and your birthday off – paid!
- Referral Programme: Refer a friend and earn up to £750
- Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s as well as access to wider discount.
- Health & wellbeing programme: Confidential employee assistance helpline available
- Personal & Professional Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
Terms and conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.
Company Pension Scheme
Terms and conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.
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Responsibilities:
- 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 throughout the nursery.
- Assist in managing the acceptance and administration of medication and ensure care plans are thorough and up to date for children or staff with health conditions.
- Ensure that all children receive stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
- Promote respect and credibility for this position through effective communication skills, impartiality, and consistency.
- Inspire staff team with creative ideas and new challenges with aim to achieve outstanding practice.
- Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file.
- Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery and safety and wellbeing of children, staff, and families.
Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.
Requirements:
- Full and relevant Level 3 in Childcare qualification - Essential
- Leadership experience - Essential
- Over 1 years’ experience of working in Early Years - Essential
- Sound knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements - Essential
- Over 1 years’ experience of working in a management position - Desirable
- Level 5 qualification in Childcare and/or Management and Leadership - Desirable
- Experience of successfully passing an Ofsted inspection to good or outstanding – Desirable
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The Carshalton Day Nursery and Pre-School 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.
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