Room Leader

We are currently recruiting for a passionate Room Leader to join our wonderful Bright Horizons Crofton Day Nursery. Our nursery is situated in Orpington, South-East London.
Our 68-place nursery consists of four age-specific rooms, features a stunning roof garden, available for children to access throughout the day, and includes an exciting climbing frame, mud kitchen, racetrack surface and built-in number squares.
Bright Horizons Crofton nursery is ideally situated between Orpington and Petts Wood train stations, providing regular services to London and Sevenoaks, and on the 208-bus route providing a regular service into Bromley and Petts Wood.
As a Room Leader working with us, you can expect a competitive salary, excellent training and development as well as a caring and passionate place to work.
Your role as Room Leader will include:
Consistently deliver and plan rich learning opportunities and exceptional care that helps all children to develop and meets their individual needs.
Make accurate and effective assessments, which reflect the needs, interests and stages of development of the child by effective delivery of the key person approach.
Ensuring an enabling environment is providing consistent stimulating and inspiring activities for the children in both the indoor and outdoor area as a continuous provision.
Lead, mentor and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education and provide feedback to create a consistent approach of early years practice to include but not limited to regular 1:1's, Supervisions and appraisals.
Ensure that British Values are incorporated and demonstrated through Early Years Foundation Stage learning and play.
Safeguard and promote the health, safety and welfare of children in line with our child protection and keeping everyone safe policies and procedures.
Ensure internal policies and procedures are adhered whilst also meeting the external legislation and guidelines from our governing bodies.
Promote and follow guidelines implemented for managing behaviour including supporting children to manage their own feelings and behaviours.
Continually work in partnership with colleagues, parents and/or carers or other professionals to meet the individual needs of the children ensuring a diverse and inclusive approach is maintained at all times.
Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers to support the retention and ongoing occupancy growth

Post qualified experience of working within the Early Years sector.
Previous experience of working as a key person., Full and relevant Level 3 and or above (equivalent) Childcare qualification