Breakfast and Afterschool Manager

Community Family Services Ltd are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect ALL staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Purpose of Post

• The role of the Afterschool Club Manager is to provide professional leadership and management, to effectively manage the day- to day running and to deliver the highest standards of care and education to the Club and the children who attend
• To lead the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum
• To ensure that all children attending the setting are kept safe and receive rich and stimulating play experience which support all aspects and components of the EYFS curriculum
• To meet the requirements of regulatory bodies (OFSTED) and relation to EYFS, special needs, child protection, safeguarding, Health and Safety and to ensure that company policies and procedures are adhered to.

Responsible to:

• Directors of Community Family Services Ltd

Key Responsibilities:

• Promote high standards of quality within the Club in respect of the environment, resources and experiences offered to children.
• Promote high standards of quality within the Club in respect of maintaining cleanliness of the environment and resources.
• Promote high standards of quality within the Club in respect of being a good role model for other staff and embed a strong safeguarding practice into the ethos of the Club.
• Ensure that all children attending the Club receive rich and stimulating experiences appropriate to their age and stage of development.
• Ensure that practice and provision in the Club meets the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Lead planning for the EYFS curriculum and maintain accurate and effective children's records, recording progression and evaluating practice in readiness for their next steps.
• Ensure that children are kept safe and ALL staff understand, when necessary, to follow Safeguarding Procedures.
• Promote and facilitate partnerships with parents/ carers and other family members. Support the development of good practice with regards to special needs and inclusion.
• Support staff in delivering the Foundation Stage; ensure that provision in the Club meets the requirements of Ofsted.
• Establish, develop and maintain highly professional working relationships with relevant Local Authority Departments, regulatory bodies and other agencies.
• Develop and maintain highly professional working relationships with advisory teachers, school, area SENCO and other agencies.
• Create and maintain a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practice throughout the Club.
• Manage the day- to- day operation in order to ensure the health and safety of the children, their parents and carers, the team and any visitors to the Club.
• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures. Be fully aware of all procedures.
• Be responsible for ensuring the club remains compliant in respect of suitably trained staff with relevant first aid qualifications.
• A positive approach to learning and gaining new skills through teamwork and training opportunities.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all staff receive Health and Safety training.
• Attend regular staff meetings - occasionally outside working hours.
• Maintain accurate records and accounts for the Club and produce management information as required.
• Facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations. Agree and deliver occupancy targets. Ensure accurate reporting in respect of occupancy, quality and standards.
• Recruit, induct, support, train and appraise all staff to ensure delivery of high quality childcare practice.
• Develop a well- qualified and experienced team able to meet and exceed all relevant standards. Identify training needs; develop training plans and evaluate training undertaken by staff.
• Work in conjunction with Directors of Community Family services in disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings.
• Develop open and positive working relationships with ALL staff/Management.
• Proactively represent the Company and advance its interests in the local community. Promote the Club to current parents and potential customers.
• Ensure that ALL staff develop and maintain friendly and professional relationships with parents and carers.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all complaints and concerns are actively resolved in a timely manner and that these are reported to the Directors.
• Responsible for all administrative duties associated with the Club, such as maintaining children's records, ordering equipment, maintaining inventories and keeping personnel records.
• Adhere to all Company policies and procedures. Ensure that the Company's polices on diversity and equal opportunities are adhered to. Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line management.

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added. This job description may be reviewed in the future.

This post requires a DBS check as there may be periods of unsupervised access to children. An Enhanced DBS and satisfactory references would be obtained prior to commencement of employment.

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