Out of School Childcare Leader

Main ► To lead the delivery of St Joseph’s Breakfast and After School ClubsResponsibilities:

• To work with individual children to offer a range of free play opportunities, as well as a structured programme of social, play and leisure activities to the varying ages and needs of the children attending the service.
• To build trusting relationships with parents and families, checking that we have the correct information about the children that attend and ensuring that children are collected by authorised people only.
• To ensure that parents and carers are kept informed of incidents/accidents or other issues relating to their children.
• To work with the Out of School Childcare team to help promote the YMCA schemes so that attendance figures reach agreed targets in line with budgets. This includes sending weekly photos of children with the appropriate consent to the team.
• To ensure that all practices within the setting adhere to the Safeguarding Children policy, as well as meeting OFSTED requirements, so that the service offered is of a safe and high standard.
• To be responsible for the health and safety of children attending all sessions, including carrying out risk assessments and ensuring risk assessment checklists are completed daily.
• To ensure that resources are well looked after, and to inform the OOSC Manager if extra resources are required.
• To ensure that appropriate care plans and risk assessments are carried out for children with additional needs and for those on the EYFS register.
• Where necessary, to administer First Aid for children who have had an accident, as well as medication for children with health issues, ensuring appropriate training has been completed beforehand.
• To ensure that all children and young people are made to feel valued and enabled to develop and improve self-esteem self-confidence and positive experiences.
• To lead a team of playworkers and volunteers, and to ensure that the service provided is of high quality and appropriate for the varying children who attend.
• When the OSCC Manager is not available, to act as the responsible person in charge of the setting.
• To be flexible in order to meet the needs of service, including when required also working at the Redhill and Reigate After School Club to help provide cover.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities reasonably requested by the OOSC Manager

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Essential Desirable How measured

(application,assessment,interview)

Qualifications, Application and

Education & certificates

Training:

Level 2/3 qualification in childcare, X Application

Playwork or equivalent qualification.

We will consider candidates who

have a minimum of 2 years’

experience of working in a childcare

setting who do not hold a

qualification if they are willing to

undertake one.

Paediatric first aid X Application

Experience

Experience of leading a team of part X Application,

time staff interview

Experience of leading and running a X Application,

childcare service interview

Experience of delivering activities or X Application,

play work with children aged 4 -12 interview

Experience of managing a variety of X Application,

children’s behaviours, and working interview

with children with a range of

additional needs

Experience of managing a range of X Application,

children’s medical needs interview

Experience of working within a set X Application,

budget interview

Abilities, skills,and attitude

Knowledge of Safeguarding and Child X Application,

Protection legislation interview

Knowledge of the importance of play X Application,

in Child Development interview

Knowledge of OFSTED requirements X Application,

for Out of School Childcare, including interview

those for the EYFS

Meet all criteria of Children and Application,

Families Act 2014 interview

Good time management skills X Application,

interview

Strong communication skills X Application,

interview

Ability to work independently and as X Application,

part of a team interview

Demonstrate a positive attitude and X Application,

lead by example interview

Ability to monitor and maintain safe X Application,

working practices interview

Ability to work collaboratively with X Application,

managers to influence change, interview

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encourage innovation, creativity and

continuous improvement

N a v ig ating charity policies and X Application,

compliance requirements interview

Good working knowledge of data X Application,

protection and information security interview

Good spoken and written X Application,

communication skills with a high assessment, and

level of attention to detail interview

Able to influence and build excellent X Application,

working relationships at all levels of interview

the organisation

Demonstrate a high level of X Application,

professional credibility, integrity and interview

emotional resilience

Excellent organisational skills with X Application,

the ability to keep things simple interview

Car driver X Application

Other

Subject to a satisfactory Enhanced X Application, DBS

requirements with Children’s barred list DBS disclosure

disclosure

Commitment to the values, aims and X Application,

mission of YMCA East Surrey interview

Understanding and commitment to X Application,

equality, diversity and inclusion for interview

staff, services users, and

stakeholders

Flexibility around hours of work X Application,

interview

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