Early Years Leader

To promote and develop high quality, evidence-informed early childhood services for young children, their families, and communities, working to ensure children are:

Strong, competent, and visible in their communities

Physically and emotionally healthy

Eager and able to learn

Respectful of difference.

To ensure children attending the Sure Start programmes have the best start in life by providing a safe, welcoming, high quality, inclusive early education environment, working to improve the ability to learn, improve health and social development of children, ante-natal to four years of age. The post holder will be taking the lead in a variety of service delivery within the Sure Start project.

To work in partnership with families to promote and facilitate positive parenting and the enhancement of the role of parents as ‘first educators.

To innovatively support and extend play experiences to ensure early outcomes are achieved.

To provide line management, support and supervision to staff/volunteers/trainees working in the Developmental Programme for Two to Three Year Olds and crèche ensuring appropriate staff/child ratios.

Lead in the continuous improvement, development, and provision of high-quality innovative programmes for young children and actively encourage participation of the parents.

Lead work with children and families based on a Key Carer system that meets the needs of the children.

To carry out an agreed quality assurance process to ensure the service is planned, delivered and evaluated in line with the specified framework

• To represent Sure Start as agreed with the Line Manager.
• To be committed to own personal development and growth.
• To demonstrate commitment to Sure Start by regular attendance and the efficient completion of tasks allocated.

• At the closing date applicants, must have:
• QCF Level 5 Diploma in Childcare Learning and Development (Management) or equivalent
• Two years’ experience working in an early year setting
• One year's experience leading and supervising a team

This is a permanent post, subject to a satisfactory probation period and funding available.

Salary: £26,395 per annum, pro rata (£14.50 per hour).

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