Job Description

Location - Beaumaris

Hours - Part time, during school term time only

Wage - dependant on experience

Welsh speaker essential

Closing date - 26th November 25

Role Responsibilities:

Being accountable to the Registered Person / Individual and the Cylch's Management Committee when carrying out the following duties:

Supporting the Leader by:

Sharing responsibility for ensuring that the provision offers the highest possible standards of excellence, developing the service and facilities to their full potential.

Ensuring that each child receives care of the highest standard and careful, prompt and inclusive attention.

Complying with Flying Start, 3 year old education and 30 Hours Care requirements, including the assisting with the preparation of reports, attending meetings, events and any relevant training.

Thoroughly preparing for Care Inspectorate Wales and ESTYN inspections and other relevant schemes of excellence.

Ensuring that the provision complies with Care Inspectorate Wales' regulatory requirements.

Ensuring a Welsh-speaking, Welsh ethos within the provision at all times, ensuring that Welsh is the sole medium of each activity.

Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of early years care and education, and health and safety.

Ensuring that the provision's policies and procedures are effectively implemented at all times.

Ensuring that each child and parent are welcomed and treated with respect, meeting their social and emotional needs.

Developing learning and teaching of a high standard within the Foundation Phase areas of learning.

Cooperating with the team to plan experiences and activities which will meet the needs of each child, enabling them to develop to their full potential.

Implementing an effective system of observing the children and recording their progress and development.

Implementing a system to monitor and evaluate the quality of the service for children and their parents.

Ensuring that close attention is paid to the children's hygiene and the cleanliness of the provision at all times.

Providing outdoor play activities that promote physical and social development and nurture the children's awareness of their environment.

Working closely with professional workers, including social workers, health visitors, speech therapists, Flying Start specialists etc.

Complying with health and safety regulations at all times.

Attending regular appraisal meetings, discussing opportunities for professional development. Attending relevant training as required.

Undertaking any additional duties commensurate with the role, under the instruction of the Leader, Registered Person and Management Committee.

Person Specification:

Essential Skills;

Interpersonal and communication skills of the highest order, in order to be able to work with children and families in a sensitive and positive manner, without prejudice.

A positive team member.

Effective verbal communication in both Welsh and English.

Communicates effectively in writing, in both Welsh and English.

Desirable skills;

The skills to lead a team of early year's practitioners.

Knowledge/Qualifications:

Essential;

Appropriate professional qualifications in early years / childcare at a minimum of level 3

Knowledge of CIW, Estyn and the Flying Start enterprises

Understanding of the types of factors that affect the lives of children and their families.

Knowledge and understanding of how children learn and develop.

Knowledge of the 3-7 Foundation Phase, as well as planning, assessing and recording progress.

Knowledge of best practice when caring for 2-3 year olds.

Knowledge of relevant, current regulation of Early Years care and education.

Knowledge and understanding of Child Safeguarding/Protection or thorough understanding of Child Care Safeguarding matters.

Desirable;

Appropriate professional qualifications in early years / childcare at a minimum of level 5

Experience:

Essential:

Recent experience of providing quality early years care and education

Experience of working in partnership with parents / carers in order to support children's development

Desirable;

Recent experience of managing (or delegating) the provision of quality early years care and education

Experience of leading a team of early years education and care providers

Job Type: Part-time

Application question(s):

Are you fluent Welsh? What relevant qualifications do you hold?
Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person