Overall responsibility of a growing private day nursery, delivering high quality care and education to children and families, and inspiring good practice in team of Early Years practitioners. Duties include; - Implementation and continuous review of effective policies and procedures - Building successful partnerships with parents and other family members, ensuring that communication regarding the child's learning and development needs is key - Liaising with external agencies to ensure that all children and families receive the support they require- Continuous reflection of the nursery environment and nursery practice, adapting whenever necessary to ensure that children's learning and development needs are being met - Continuous reflection and adaptation of systems in place to ensure that the setting's procedures run smoothly and effectively - Implementing and following systems to ensure that all practitioners are well-supported on a professional and personal level, and to ensure their continuous professional development- Completing training and educational courses and seminars to ensure own continuous professional development - General administrative and housekeeping dutiesAs the setting's Designated Safeguarding Officer, my duties also include; - Completing the relevant training and education to ensure that my knowledge of current safeguarding legislation and guidelines is up to date- Ensuring that the setting's policies and procedures reflect current safeguarding legislation and guidelines, and ensuring that all procedures are followed effectively- Following relevant procedures and liaising with external agencies when safeguarding issues are raised

Team Leader position within a busy and successful day nursery, providing care and education to children aged 18 months – 5 years whilst leading and supporting a team of Early Years practitioners. Duties included;- Design and implementation of room layout, areas of learning and displays to ensure that the learning environment was safe, stimulating and enabled high quality learning experiences- Completing short-term, medium-term and long-term planning of focused activities and continuous provision, including continuous reflection of effectiveness and potential next steps - Carrying out observations and assessments on each child's learning and development progression- Analysing data collected from observations and assessments to ensure that the environment and practice adequately met each child's learning and developmental needs - and adapting where necessary. - Implementation and completion of daily and weekly routines and rotas- Ensuring effective partnerships with parents were created and maintained - Motivating and inspiring team of practitioners to work together effectively through role-modelling good practice, building good relationships and encouraging continuous reflective practice- General domestic and housekeeping duties to ensure the cleanliness and safety of the nursery environment was to a high standard. As the setting's Designated Safeguarding Officer, my duties also included; - Completing the relevant training and education to ensure that my knowledge of current safeguarding legislation and guidelines was up to date- Ensuring that the setting's policies and procedures reflected current safeguarding legislation and guidelines, and ensuring that all procedures were followed effectively- Following relevant procedures when safeguarding issues were raised

Student Practitioner role within a private day nursery setting, providing high quality care and education for children aged 6 months - 4 years.

Student Practitioner within a school foundation stage setting, providing high quality care and education for children aged 3-5 years.