Early Years Professional/Practitioner

We are seeking a passionate, proactive, and experienced Early Years Professional/Practitioner to join our developing team at Rosebuds Preschool. You will play a key role in leading the quality, development, and delivery of our award-winning services for children, young people, and families at the Max Roach Centre. You will provide high-quality education, care, and family support, ensuring children experience a safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment where they can thrive.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will bring strong leadership, early years knowledge, and a commitment to creating enabling spaces that support children’s learning, development, wellbeing, and family engagement. You will be confident in meeting all legal, statutory, and setting requirements, with a strong understanding of your professional contribution to maintaining high standards across Rosebuds Preschool, and the wider family and play services delivered by LCC at the Max Roach Centre.

As an Early Years Professional, you will take on areas of specialist responsibility that contribute to the quality, safety, and continuous development of the setting. These roles provide leadership, guidance, and expertise within the wider team, supporting best practice and ensuring children and families receive high-quality, inclusive provision. Areas of responsibility include:

• Safeguarding Lead – championing safeguarding practice, supporting a culture of vigilance, and ensuring policies, procedures, and statutory responsibilities are consistently upheld to protect children and families.
• Health and Safety Lead – promoting a safe, secure, and healthy environment through effective risk management, compliance, and continuous improvement of health and safety practices.
• Learning and Development Lead – supporting high-quality teaching, learning, and assessment practices that promote children’s curiosity, progress, wellbeing, and individual development.
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENCo) – leading inclusive practice, coordinating support for children with additional needs, and working collaboratively with families and external professionals to ensure every child can thrive.

These areas of expertise recognise the enhanced contribution of the Early Years Professional, providing opportunities to lead practice, influence quality improvement, and support the ongoing development of Rosebuds Preschool.

Loughborough Community Centre (LCC) was established in Brixton in 1981, as a positive outcome from the Brixton Uprisings. We operate from the Max Roach Centre in Brixton. Our vital and multi award-winning project has been on the frontline before and during the pandemic supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged children and their families. We are in a positive position to grow the team to increase our impact for the community.

Core offer:

• Rosebuds Preschool (2 - 4yrs)
• Afterschool and Holiday Play Project (0 - 13yrs)
• Family Support

Our mission: A safe place where children, young people and families can come together, to play, learn and thrive. Join us and become part of a happy, motivated and friendly team who support the social, emotional and learning needs of our intergenerational community, through our embedded approach of Listening, Collaboration and the Creation (LCC) of meaningful activities.

The Rosebuds Preschool is an award winning, Ofsted registered GOOD setting (02/2019) with 24 places. Established by local parents in 1981, we provide early learning opportunities and support for children aged 2 - 5 years and their families. The preschool works within the framework of The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), with added emphasis on Outdoor Learning. Equality of opportunity for all is a core value that underpins the delivery of the curriculum we provide.

Loughborough Community Centre (LCC) manages the preschool. LCC encourages parents to support in the leadership of the preschool through the election of parent representatives on the board of trustees. The board meet at least three times a year, this ensures that local parents take an active part in the decision-making of the organisation.

Hours and Benefits:

• Hours: 35 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday (Hours will include some afterschool wraparound, occasional evenings and weekends).
• 8.30am to 4pm day (children attend 9am to 3pm) which includes 30-minute lunch break.
• Quarterly team building inset days.
• Free food provision where available!
• We value work life balance and are willing to consider term time only or all year round.

Salary: £28,392 (FTE) depending on experience and up to an extra £3,640 per year incentive for added area of responsibility. Potential FTE £32,032.