19/01/2022
Main Purpose of Job:
• To manage the provision of the Out of School Club ensuring that children, parents and the staff team work together to provide high quality childcare.
• To be responsible for the management of day-to-day operations within the Out of School Club, by meeting financial targets and managing the occupancy ensuring maximum capacity.
• To manage a staff team effectively.
• To agree and set Out of School Club goals and monitor the achievement of progress against targets.
• To monitor and assess the quality of provision ensuring that policies and procedures, best practice and standards are maintained
• To possess the highest standards and latest knowledge of practice and serve as an example to the other practitioners within the setting.
Safeguarding:
• All staff must have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
Main Responsibilities and Tasks:
• To work in partnership with children, parents and other professionals to improve the quality of Early Years’ and Out of School Club provision, including physical, emotional, social and intellectual education and care for children in the setting.
• To inspire outstanding practice and share knowledge and understanding of children’s care, learning and development throughout your setting and across the Early Years’ sector.
• To support, mentor and coach other practitioners in the knowledge, skills and behaviours that promote good outcomes for children.
• Show perspective families around the setting.
• Support and supervise staff and trainees in their day to day duties.
• Liaise with parents and other family members as well as other visitors that may be received by the Out of School Club.
• Liaise with the Children’s Information Service, Ofsted and other professionals associated with the day nursery sector.
• Identify staff training and development needs. Co-ordinate internal training and development activities, organise external training events with authorisation from directors. Liaise with training organisations.
• Oversee the upkeep of the building and maintenance/stock of equipment, furnishings and fittings.
• To be responsible for and keep up to date with all administrative duties associated with the management of the facility, e.g. maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment, personnel and training records, etc.
• To be responsible for the administering of a petty cash budget.
• Attending and chairing all staff meetings. Attending regular management meetings.
• Be involved in the day to day planning of activities and ensure that staff are operating a programme of activities suitable to the age range of the children attending the Out of School Club.
• To cover the opening hours of the Out of School Club with and work to a flexible shift rota.
• To arrange cover in the event of staff absence and to actively cover where necessary.
• To liaise with Directors at regular intervals and communicate with all staff.
• To promote and develop the child care provision available at the Out of School Club.
• Communicate and consult with parents about the day-to-day needs of children.
• Maintain positive relationships with parents of all children.
• Show prospective children around the nursery.
• To encourage parents to participate in the activities of the nursery and listen to any suggestions or concerns they may have.
• Adequately communicate to other staff working different shifts on all aspects of the day’s work with children and parents.
• To be adaptable in times of emergency and staff absence to fill-in and to cover when necessary.
• Organise staff rota of working times to suit attendance of children during opening hours.
• Motivate, inspire and lead a team of early years’ practitioners.
• Support, mentor and encourage an ethos of continuous professional development across the setting. Delivering and cascading training where necessary and hosting relevant meetings.
• Introduce/ maintain a positive and proactive culture amongst practitioners demonstrating effective Early Years’ leadership.
• Where necessary, contribute to the work of a multi professional team, circulate and implement agreed programme interventions.
• Support parents/carers in their relationship with their children.
• Encourage a culture of listening throughout the setting, valuing and respecting everyone’s views.
• Ensure consistent opportunities for a two way flow of effective communication.
• Create and maintain a culture of collaborative and co-operative working with all practitioners in the setting. Provide opportunities to enable practitioners to contribute to the development of the setting, the self evaluation book and other methods of evaluation.
• Where necessary, contribute to the work of a multi professional team, circulate and implement agreed programme interventions.
• Work alongside colleagues and other professionals to embed change where necessary based upon accurate and up to date pedagogy and wider global early years perspectives.
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