Job Description: Leader position from October 2026 Responsible to: Nursery Managers (Deputy in Manager's absence) Hours of work: 38 hours Qualified status: Level 3 minimum or above Main duties and responsibilities The following outlines the majority of the floor worker's day-to-day duties and responsibilities. The floor worker serves as a role model at all times, providing exemplary guidance and support to their team and demonstrating excellent leadership qualities. Parental relationships Supporting the team and ensuring that you also develop an excellent rapport/trust with the parents of the children in the nursery via regular communication and daily feedback, either verbally or through written correspondence, dealing with any minor issues from parents in a professional manner and reporting any major issues to the leader and management.
Ensuring specific parental desires are adhered to as stated on the enrolment forms, i.e., dietary, allergies, special needs, and any requirements within policy are adhered to.
To take an active role in helping the managers organise the department in preparation for parents evenings, ensuring all childrens work, reports, and displays are up to date.
To be professional with parents, always speak to them first and greet them in a positive manner.
Child relationships To lead practice in implementing stimulating, age-appropriate activities and ensure the room is creatively set up and well resourced at all times.
To ensure equal opportunities for all children, ensuring individual needs are met, i.e., special diets, medical conditions, cultural backgrounds, non-stereotyping in line with the setting policy.
Ensure children are welcomed and made to feel secure and safe in their new environment by having consistent, unbiased contact with all children in your care.
You have a duty to be vigilant and check children in your group for any unusual marks/accidents, which may have occurred outside of nursery, and to report concerns to your manager in line with the Safeguarding poli...
