Childcare Supervisor- Third in charge, Enfield

at  TIGERS CHILDCARE

CHILDREN:

To work in a room as relief worker when staff are absent.
To ensure that all practice is child directed.
To work with existing staff to provide a team approach to delivery of childcare and education of the highest standard, acting as a positive role model and to provide leadership to all the childcare staff with reference to the EYFS.
To ensure the protection of children in accordance with Children Act 2014
To ensure developmental observations and EYFS assessments are carried out on children and recorded appropriately.
To ensure that an appropriate care plan is developed for children with additional needs.

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

To be the Third in Charge/Supervisor in the absence of the Manager & Deputy Manager and senior member of the childcare team working. Combining the practitioner role with the management role and to take responsibility for ensuring high quality and best practice standards are maintained at the service. To work in close co-operation with the Manager, Deputy Manager and staff team.

OVERALL DUTIES:

To report to the Manager & Deputy Manager
To act as Designated Person in charge in the absence of the Manager & Deputy
Be responsible, in consultation with the Manager & Deputy Manager for recruitment, management, training, motivation and performance of all staff.
Ensure a dynamic emergent curriculum is delivered to meet the individual needs of children attending
Monitor and ensure that all agreed quality and safety standards are maintained always
Monitor all child protection issues; parents’ issues; complaints, near-misses, incidents and accidents to ensure that any necessary remedial action is taken immediately. Ensure all issues and actions are recorded. Report Child Protection concerns to LADO or any other relevant multi- disciplinary team.
Carry out the role in the absence of the Manager & Deputy Manager as
Designated Person in Charge
Designated Child Protection Person for the service
Support the Manager & Deputy Manager to develop the service to its full potential ensuring that all opportunities in sourcing additional funding are enabled and applications completed in a timely manner.
Keep up to date on matters relating to early childhood care and education generally, i.e. media/emails, networking etc.
Establish, develop, and maintain professional working relationships with all external agencies and the Early Intervention Team
Review and monitor occupancy levels, to ensure they are maintained to maximum capacity levels in line with service ethos and objectives and to ensure financial sustainability.
To ensure the building is maintained to a high level of hygiene
To be a Designated First Aid Person
To be the Designated Fire Safety Person
To be available to the Early Years inspector if an inspection takes place and to ensure all appropriate information is supplied during an inspection.

OTHER DUTIES

To be knowledgeable of all policies and procedures and ensure they are being followed by all colleagues.
To do a site walk morning and evenings [as well as other times during the day (time permitting) to ensure both inside and outside of the building are in perfect order and children and colleagues are safe.
Perform any other reasonable duties that may be assigned from time to time.