Crèche Supervisor

Smart Gym is all about breaking barriers and improving the mental health of families.

We're not like other gyms, at all. We are a social enterprise which means that all the money we make goes straight back in to helping the community through improved services such as outreach programmes and social prescriptions.

It is our mission to make wellness accessible, achievable and affordable to everyone, particularly parents and carers - a community that both the fitness industry and mental health sector have neglected.

We are offering a range of wellbeing services such as exercise, meditation and talking therapy alongside an innovative "soft gym" where children play and learn whilst their parents tend to themselves.

Smart Gym works alongside a range of likeminded organisations and institutions across various sectors to ensure we are maximising the social impact of the services we provide.

This exciting new position is an opportunity for someone who shares our family-driven social values to get in on the ground floor of Glasgow’s first ever low-cost family gym.

**_Job Title: _**Crèche Supervisor

**_Position Reports to: _**Gym Manager

**_Location/Site: _**The Wedge, Silverburn

**_Working Hours: _**40 hours per week. Normally Mon-Fri with the occasional weekend.

**_Contract Type: _**Full-time

**_Salary: _**£20,592

**_Job Summary _**

Smart Gym is looking for a patient and attentive Crèche Supervisor to supervise children whilst their parents workout. The role requires someone with exceptional interpersonal skills and an ability to form trusting relationships with parents, children, staff and other members of the community. This role is central to supporting the operational delivery of the Smart Gym model and requires someone who shares the company’s social values and commitment to excellence.

**_Context of the_ _Role_**

Crèche Supervisor will oversee our crèche/soft gym facilities by monitoring the behavioural and emotional concerns of children, providing them with age-appropriate guidance and working with parents to ensure that children socialising in a positive way. This role will also require you to assist with disinfecting soft gym equipment and other duties to ensure that the children are in a safe, engaging, and clean environment. Crèche Supervisor should be thorough and caring with an exceptionally level of awareness and alertness. You should be prepared to meet the physical demands of the position and have an understanding of the childhood development process. As we are a new organisation, some posts throughout the early stages will have a certain degree of cross-over. In the case of Crèche Supervisor, you will be expected to undertake basic reception/admin duties ONLY when there are no children in the crèche.

**Responsibilities**
- Ensuring all parents sign a waiver at the beginning of each session*
- Encouraging and explaining to children the use of age-appropriate equipment, including gym toys and smart mirrors.
- Maintaining a safe workplace: monitoring children for health, behavioural, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents.
- Helping children discover the importance of exercising and socialising.
- Ensuring children are learning positive behaviours and providing guidance as needed.
- Preparing children to enter the next level of care or for entry into school.
- Keeping records relating to child care.
- Working with parents to help children progress towards educational and behavioral goals.
- Greeting/thanking people at the reception desk outwith crèche hours.
- Taking bookings and sign up new members using gym management software, Glofox (we will provide training for this).
*Although you will be responsible for the security of the soft gym, this is not a childcare post and parents should be informed immediately if and when an issue arises with their child, e.g. they need the toilet or bump their head.
- The above list is illustrative. Accordingly, there may be a requirement to undertake additional duties, consistent with the level of the post, as directed by management_

**_Person Specification: _**
- Essential_
- At least three years’ experience in a similar role.
- Decisive, patient and alert with attentiveness to the needs and safety of children.
- The ability to forge strong relationships with parents, children, staff and members.
- Strong understanding of stages of childhood development.
- An ability to summarise complex information clearly and concisely, both when delivering services and reporting progress.
- Sociable, enthusiastic and polite with a positive approach to work.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- A member of the PVG scheme.
- Proactive and able to find solutions to problems and deliver them.
- A commitment to personal growth and learning.
- A clear sense of personal responsibility and initiative.
- Sociable, enthusiastic and polite with a positive approach.
- Desirable _
- An understanding of the third secto