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Job description

The role of the Early Year’s Supervisor will be to deliver quality early year’s services to support the delivery of the Sure Start programme within the Bangor Sure Start. You will be responsible for the day to day running of the early year’s services and to ensure that a safe and child centred environment is created. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• To assist in the induction of all Early Years Assistant staff within the Bangor Sure Start Project alongside the Early Years Coordinator.
• To line manage and supervise Early Years Assistant staff.
• To supervise any student placements and volunteers within the early years programmes of Bangor Sure Start.
• To implement a child-centred environment at all Sure Start programmes and activities.
• To ensure a safe, stimulating and varied programme of play and learning opportunities are provided for children aged 0 - 3 years, suitable to the child’s age and stage of development.
• To ensure planning occurs to meets children’s individual needs that takes into account children’s abilities, interests, language and cultural backgrounds and these are reviewed as necessary and to ensure ongoing creative evaluation of all programmes.
• To be responsible for organising the environment inside and outside to ensure that resources and equipment are available, compliant and appropriate to meet the needs of the individual children before each programme commences.
• To develop and deliver crèches and programmes as outlined in the Bangor Sure Start yearly business plan that provide a purposeful, stimulating environment rich in children’s learning opportunities, both indoors and outdoors.
• To establish effective and empowering relationships with parents enabling them to develop their children’s maximum potential and to develop and deliver programmes that promote and actively encourage parents to play alongside their child/children.
• To work with parents and their child/children within the home environment to offer an extension of services to the family on play, interaction and sensory development.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• NVQ Level 3 Child Care qualification or equivalent.
• 1 years’ paid/unpaid experience of working in the early year’s sector.
• 5 GCSE’s at grade C and above including English Language and Mathematics or equivalent.

Desirable Skills

• 1 years’ experience in line managing/supervising staff.
• 6 months experience of child observations and reporting on work done.