Leadership & Management
Next Generation Nursery & Schoolies Club Ltd was inherited by Rick and his brother Sam in 2017 from their mother Liz, who had opened the nursery back in 1994 with the aim to provide childcare that she felt was missing when looking for care for her sons. Many of it’s current staff have worked at Next Generation throughout the years alongside Liz as the owner and continue to do so today.
Since inheritance, Rick has taken an active role into the setting alongside his partner Zoe who is setting manager; creating a strong sense of leadership in aiming to provide high quality childcare and are continually striving to improve. They have worked together with the rest of their quality team to derive a new and current setting ethos; outlining their drive and long-term focus as a setting and as a leadership team. You can read about this on our visions and values page.
Additional to the setting vision, ethos and aims - The management team continually aim to support the mental health and well-being of their staffing team and make this a priority in ensuring that they enjoy coming to the setting each day, they are recognised, appreciated and supported ongoing and that their continuous professional development is enabled. Click the link below to read what some of the staff members, parents and carers have to say about Next Generation!
“Management are supportive to all staff ensuring we have opportunities to ‘check in’ if we need to - The introduction of ‘Employee of the Month’ has been a nice way of showcasing individuals and highlighting their strong points for other staff to see and follow as good practise.”
Nicola - Senior Room Lead