Job Description

Job Purpose

The Childcare Manager will be expected to provide high-quality, flexible childcare for families from the local communities. They will oversee day-to-day nursery operations, to the highest standard and in accordance with the organisation's ethos and vision, ensuring that the best possible learning environment and utmost quality of care is provided for the young children who attend the nursery.

Duties and Responsibilities

Operational Responsibilities

To be responsible for the smooth day-to-day management, staffing and organisation of the setting To manage all aspects of staffing such as rotas, supervisions, training, mentoring, holiday allocation with liaison with Senior Childcare Manager and HR To ensure setting follows the organisation's ethos vision and curriculum, creating a welcoming and family friendly environment for all Ensure policies, procedures and protocols are embedded and followed To work cooperatively with the Senior Childcare Manager and the organisation's other nursery managers, contributing to the strategic planning, monitoring, evaluation and development of YMCA Lincolnshire's nursery provision To be responsible at all times for high standards of care and education of all children up to five years in accordance with statutory requirements To support other nursery managers to cover leave and sickness To ensure the EYFS is promoted and delivered throughout the setting, ensuring that all statutory requirements are fulfilled and all principles adhered to To ensure effective communication between staff members and teams, and with partner agencies To order and maintain equipment and resources in the nursery To be responsible for admissions in line with the admissions policy, as agreed by the Area Manager and senior management team To keep a register and up to date records of all children using the provision, in accordance with the appropriate legislation and guidance Championing on-going continuous improvement throughout the setting Ensuring setting complies with all guidance and legislation as required by Ofsted To provide regular feedback to parents regarding their child's development and progress through termly reports, annual parent consultation meetings and at other times as required To manage enquiries, questions, complaints and request for support in the first instance, in line with YMCA policies and escalate to Area Manager as necessary To be responsible for organising and managing the induction, training and monitoring of students and volunteers at the provision To act as Designated Safeguarding Lead for the provision, being responsible for ensuring that children, their families and staff are safeguarded appropriately To ensure that the setting actively promotes inclusive practice and supports children who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities To lead the implementation of the EYFS and cascade knowledge to other staff members To oversee and ensure that all childcare workers are administering and maintaining relevant records and reports, such as accident, incident and medication forms, learning journals, tracking, assessments, termly reports and other records as required Managing all staff at setting to ensure that they are all fulfilling the requirements and responsibilities of their individual roles. This includes ensuring that all cleaning jobs are carried correctly and in a timely fashion and the food provided is prepared appropriately and in accordance with the settings healthy eating ethos and the Nutrition and Mealtimes Safe Working Procedure Encourage all staff to work together in a respectful and collaborative manner To be aware of, keep up-to-date with and actively implement the settings policies and procedures to ensure all legal obligations are fulfilled in accordance with current legislation and guidelines To ensure punctuality and effective time keeping at all times To attend training programs and staff meetings as required and be flexible in attending additional social activities such as Christmas parties and similar To adhere to the dress code of the nursery at all times To ensure that mealtimes with children are a time of pleasant social sharing To be committed to developing and maintaining a multi-cultural, anti-racist, non-sexist environment, respecting the individual differences of children, their families and colleagues. Providing comfort and warmth to all children, particularly at times when children are upset or unwell To establish and maintain close liaison with all families of children who attend the setting To be responsible for ensuring all staff have current and up-to-date knowledge of children's individual allergies, health and development needs for self and whole staff team To work with external agencies and professionals to support children with additional needs To work with setting SENCO, ensuring that appropriate referrals and Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments are completed in accordance with guidance and submitted in a timely fashion To ensure that all staff are following support requirements specified within an EHCP To be the responsible person on the site Maintain confidentiality as appropriate and in accordance with GDPR policy
Supervision and Management of People

The post holder will be responsible for management, supervision and appraisal of: Deputy Manager, Room supervisors, all other childcare practitioners (Unqualified, Level 2 and 3 Workers), volunteers, and other staff as required such as cook etc Undertake induction of new staff, drawing up of staffing rotas, monitoring of staff to inform staff development needs and other activities as required From time to time there may be a requirement to manage the work of staff who are appointed for supply work or to provide supervision for students on placement To act as a role model for staff, demonstrating expected behaviours and mentoring staff as required
Finance and Administration

To be responsible for the control and storage of all resources and consumables, minimizing waste and requesting stock replenishment in a timely manner To be accountable and responsible for day-to-day financial systems directly relating to the nursery To ensure that the LCC funding hub submissions are submitted To be responsible for ensuring expenditure is kept within the budget limits set Take payments from parents and record appropriately in accordance with the nursery procedure To have day to day responsibility for the planning of the care and education in the nursery and for the use of other resources, and for ensuring the site is clean, safe and welcoming for families and staff Ensuring all child records are up to date, completed appropriately and stored in the correct manner To undertake regular audits of special books/learning journeys to ensure they are completed weekly To be an authorised signatory for orders and staff timesheets to an agreed level of delegation To be a key holder for the nursery and responsible for responding to alarm call outs Liaising with YMCA Maintenance to ensure premises are regularly maintained and faults reported
Marketing

To monitor and maintain the private parent's nursery Facebook and other social media page. To positively promote the setting when conversing with existing and potential families To actively seek opportunities to promote the provision in local area, including attending local events
Training and Development

To organise, manage and lead monthly staff meetings, ensuring a defined structure is followed To identify training needs of all team members and support their personal development through mentoring, regular supervision and work reviews To assist in the supervision and training of students on placement with in the setting To assist the area manager in planning and delivering organizational wide staff inset training days To be proactive in seeking out and attend personal training opportunities To undertake regular continuous professional development
Health and Safety

To ensure that the highest standards of health and safety apply to both children, staff, parents and visitors, maintaining a safe and secure environment Maintain up-to-date knowledge of food allergies and an awareness of all children with allergies To conduct risk assessments and ensure up-to-date knowledge of existing risk assessments To understand and implement all policies and procedures in relation to staff, buildings and resources. Maintain any additional measure deemed appropriate by the organisation and government during events such as pandemics like COVID 19
Creativity and Innovation

To have a key role in planning and monitoring of all aspects of the nursery and implementing essential policies and procedures, through the use of creative thought together with an informed understanding of statutory requirements and best practice for childcare. To identify, develop and implement creative ways to engage parents and support family needs To consider and promote opportunities that embed the setting within the community Develop a range of resources, opportunities and events to support parents to extend home learning
Contacts and Relationships

The Nursery Manager will be expected to build good working relationships at every level, working in partnership with parents and families. The Nursery Manager must be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times with a wide range of people, including internally: all staff employed for the day care provision, children, wider YMCA services (finance, HR, maintenance, etc.); and externally: Ofsted, parents and families, staff from a wide range of other agencies and settings (Children Services, Health visitor, Early Years Specialist Teachers, specialist services and a range of voluntary /private sector organisations and other early years providers, etc.) The Nursery Manager is expected to respect the confidentiality of sensitive family information at all times (subject to child protection policies and procedures)
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 30,245.00 per year

Benefits:

Free parking On-site parking
Work Location: In person