Childcare Play Manager

Childcare Manager, Keynsham 

Salary FTE: £28,624

Hourly Rate during Trial: £14.81

Contracted Hours: 20 hours per week. 

Contract: Temp - Perm 

Responsible for: Play Assistants

Purpose of role:

Manage a team of play assistants and oversee the day to day running of the breakfast and afterschool club. Organise, plan and take part in the running of day to day activities with the children within our care. Liaison with parents, management and school staff ensuring sessions run efficiently whilst ensuring the children are happy and safe at all times.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Plan and work as part of a team to implement a programme of term time after-school activities, delivered within a childcare framework that aims to meet the intellectual, physical, social, emotional and cultural needs of the user group. Ensure that the activities on offer support the broader ethos of the schools.

• Ensure that all aspects of own work are performed within established control procedures necessary for the professional operation of a childcare facility.

• Be responsible for logging and attending to any incidents and/or accidents following our managing incidents/accidents policy.

• To be responsible for Food hygiene and allergens and ensuring the legislation and requirements are maintained and report concerns to your line manager.

• Work as part of a team to ensure that the parents, carers and children’s expressed wishes in respect of the delivery of the care they receive are facilitated where possible.

• In conjunction with the staff team assume responsibility for ensuring the building, its environment (and surrounding playground equipment if applicable) is safe, secure and that the risk from any identified hazards is minimised, reporting all repairs and faults to their line manager.

• In conjunction with other members of the staff team is available as a positive role model to children, offering them appropriate advice and support where necessary.

• With other team members attend regular meetings as required contributing to problem solving and decision making.

• To ensure that your line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns which you may have in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection and record these on the day, on given concern form.

• Generally promote the services of the ZCC by assisting the public in person or by telephone in a helpful and courteous manner.

• To ensure that the facility location is maintained and kept to a high standard and returned ready for use during each school day.

• To undertake any other duties as required commensurate with the post.

General

• The post-holder will be expected to exemplify the trust values of Respect, Opportunity, Collaboration and Aspiration and demonstrate trust behaviours as outlined in “The Futura Way”.

• The post-holder will be expected to undertake any appropriate training provided by the Trust to assist them in carrying out any of the above duties.

• The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the protection and welfare of children and young people, as appropriate, in accordance with any agreed policies and/or guidelines, reporting any issues or concerns to their immediate line manager.

• The post-holder will be required to promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the workplace. To include ensuring that the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act, COSHH, and all other mandatory regulations are adhered to.

• An Enhanced Disclosure with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will be undertaken before an appointment can be confirmed. The successful candidate will be required to disclose all convictions and cautions, including those that are spent; the exception being certain, minor cautions and convictions which are ‘protected’ for the purposes of the ‘Exceptions’ order. (url removed)>

Contract & recruitment information

Elementa is the recruiting partner therefore applicants being considered for the role after pre-screening (and appointment for the role) will be required to complete the registration process for Elementa. This includes full vetting & background checks and application for a DBS Enhanced Disclosure (which may be chargeable at £62.70) unless you have a current DBS Enhanced disclosure subscribed to the update service.

If you have the relevant skills and experience necessary for this role then please apply with your full up to date CV.

ELEMENTA CANDIDATE COMMITMENT:

• Weekly pay – no waiting for monthly payroll cut-off dates, Elementa pays one week in lieu.
• PAYE contract – unless a candidate specifically requests it, all candidates are paid via PAYE giving them the protections and payment structure of a traditional employer:employee relationship. (no umbrella companies.)
• Training & Support – a broad range of free or heavily discounted training available including Safeguarding, Behaviour, Team Teach, SEND, Makaton and Thrive. Regular welfare contact and support from a dedicated candidate manager.
• Fair pay policy – our candidates are paid to scale from the outset, where a variation on this may be required written agreement will be provided ahead of the position.
• Additional services to support our staff – we have a network of partners who offer support services to our candidates … tax returns, accountancy, legal and more.

For more information click apply now below or contact us via phone or email. All applicants will be promptly responded to.