SureStart Edenballymore

Employer Location: Draft (Unpublished)
Phone Number: +442871371670
Email: reception@surestartebm.com
Web: www.surestartebm.com

Job description

To promote and develop high quality, evidence-informed early childhood services for young children, their families, and communities. To ensure children attending the SureStart programmes have the best start in life by providing a safe, welcoming, high quality, inclusive early education environment, working to improve the ability to learn, improve health and social development of children, ante-natal to four years of age. The post holder will be taking the lead in a variety of service delivery within the SureStart project. To work in partnership with families to promote and facilitate positive parenting and the enhancement of the role of parents as ‘first educators. To innovatively support and extend play experiences to ensure early outcomes are achieved.

Responsibilities

• To provide line management, support and supervision to staff/volunteers/trainees working in the Developmental Programme for Two to Three Year Olds and crèche ensuring appropriate staff/child ratios.
• Lead in the continuous improvement, development, and provision of high quality innovative programmes for young children and actively encourage participation of the parents. Lead work with children and families based on a Key Carer system.
• To carry out an agreed quality assurance process to ensure the service is planned, delivered and evaluated in line with the specified framework.
• To reflect, agree and complete the most developmentally appropriate system of observation, assessment, and planning.
• Lead and assist the SureStart team in the organisation of special events, outings, visits, and any other activities as required.
• To take lead responsibility to ensure procedures and systems are in place to promote a smooth transition for children and families from home to the Programme and to the pre-school setting by regularly engaging with families.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• QCF Level 5 Diploma in Childcare Learning and Development (Management) or equivalent.
• At least one years experience as an Early Years Leader including supervising and leading staff.

Further Information

Wage: £26,395 per annum pro rata. Please email reception@surestartebm.com for an application pack. This post is PM hours and Term Time.

Application Information

Please email reception@surestartebm.com for an application pack.