Bobbie Salmon

Enthusiastic, keen and confident individual with experience in working with children between the ages of 0-8 years in a variety of different childcare settings for 10 years. Good team player who can work constructively in a team alongside managing a team. Able to use initiative when put in challenging situations to provide the best outcome.

Junior/Assistance - Touché Hairdresser - Selsdon

(2007-04 - 2007-05)

Staff - Cherubins Day Nursery

(2009-10 - 2009-04)

Staff - Howard Primary School

(2010-12 - 2011-04)

Staff - Birdhurst Day Nursery

(2011-05 - 2011-06)

Acting Role Leader - Little Engines Day Nursery

(2011-10 - 2012-09)

Within this nursery training completed on safeguarding, achieving safeguarding level 1.

• Nappy changing and ensuring that hygiene is promoted throughout the setting
• Verbal report to parents about the child's development and daily routines within the nursery
• Ensuring the room is kept to standards
• Appropriate activities are set out for the different age groups
• Ensuring individual needs are met
• Helping to feed the babies/toddlers
• Carrying out observations and putting them into the children's EYFS profiles
• Following the settings policies and procedures
• Carrying out weekly planning

Room Leader under 2s, key holder - Immanuels Day Nursery

(2012-09 - 2014-07)

Within this nursery training completed on food hygiene, first aid, preparing for OFSTED, SEF and SENCO.

• Carrying out observations, next steps and assessment
• Ensuring appropriate activities are set out for the different age groups
• Ensuring staff in the room to be aware of children's dietary requirements
• Promoting hygiene within the room
• Display boards
• Children's EYFS profiles
• Weekly room meeting
• Helping to feed the babies/pre toddlers
• Weekly planning
• Opening and closing up the nursery
• Promoting reflective practice

Third in charge - Little Learners Day Nursery

(2014-08 - 2015-05)

• Carrying out observations, next steps and assessment
• Ensuring appropriate activities are set out for the different age groups
• Ensuring staff in the room to be aware of children's dietary requirements
• Promoting hygiene within the room
• Display boards
• Children's EYFS profiles
• Weekly room meeting
• Helping to feed the babies/pre toddlers
• Weekly planning
• Opening and closing up the nursery
• Promoting reflective practice

Room Leader - Fennies Under5s Day Nursery

(2015-06 - 2018-12)

• Carrying out observations, next steps and assessment
• Ensuring appropriate activities are set out for the different age groups
• Ensuring staff in the room to be aware of children's dietary requirements
• Promoting hygiene within the room
• Display boards
• Children's EYFS profiles
• Weekly room meeting
• Helping to feed the babies/pre toddlers
• Weekly planning
• Opening and closing the nursery
• Promoting reflective practice

Assistant Manager - Busy Bees Haling Park nursery

(2018-12 - 2021-11)

• Providing quality childcare to parents and staff
• Managing a staff team – ensuring ratios are met and a level 3 is in each room
• Doing show arounds for new parents
• Answering phones and helping with queries
• Working alongside manager to create a nursery vision
• Ensuring occupancy and targets are being met
• Being a part of nursery audits
• OFSTED – twice while with the nursery
• Role modelling practices in the room
• Upskilling and questioning staff daily on safeguarding
• Seniors meeting monthly
• Inducting new staff
• Completing staff rotas
• Payroll
• Planning, assessments and observations checks
• Completing room observations
• Opening and closing the nursery
• Making sure staff are always deployed effectively

Third in Charge - Little Elms Daycare

(2022-01)

• Upskilling and questioning staff daily on safeguarding
• Seniors meeting monthly
• Inducting new staff
• Checking planning and observations
• Opening and closing the nursery
• Supporting the manager with peer on peer observations
• Supporting practice
• Showing parents around the nursery
• Completing staff rota
• Answering the phone and helping with queries

BA HONS - Early Childhood and Education - Carshalton College

Level 5 Certificate - Early Childhood and Education - Carshalton College

CACHE Level 3 Certificate - Childcare and Education - Coulsdon Sixth Form College (2009-09 - 2011-06)

GCSE - English Language and Literature - Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (2004-09 - 2009-05)

GCSE - ICT - Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (2004-09 - 2009-05)

GCSE - Health and Social Care - Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (2004-09 - 2009-05)

GCSE - Citizenship - Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (2004-09 - 2009-05)

Level 1 Functional Skills - Mathematics - Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (2004-09 - 2009-05)