Child Care Coordinator

1 month ago


Belfast, United Kingdom Bumbles Day Care Full time

**Position**:Childcare Coordinator

**Hours**:40 hrs per week (Monday to Friday, between the hours of 7:45am and 6pm, usually a 4.5 day week pattern)

**Salary**:£26,000 - £26,520 pro rata (£12.50 - £12.75 per hour) _*from April 2023 after NMW increase_

**Essential Criteria / experience**:

- N.N.E.B / N.V.Q. / CCLD / Playwork / BTec LEVEL III (or equivalent.
- or Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Studies
- or BA Hons Early Childhood Studies
- 12-18 months experience of working with children, working within a similar setting
- Current First Aid / Paediatric First Aid
- Current Child Protection Training
- Enthusiasm for CPD

**Desirable criteria**:

- Food Safety Qualification
- Health and Safety Qualification
- Clean Driving Licence / Ability to drive a 7 or 9 seater company vehicle
- Strong IT skills / Good understanding of Famly or other cloud-based management apps
- Forest School Qualification

**Job Summary**:
Your role as Coordinator is to provide safe, high quality education and care for children ages approximately 6 months - 11 years. You must lead and work as part of a team in providing a safe, caring, happy and stimulating environment for the children in our care. You will carry out all relevant duties without direct supervision and train/supervise qualified and unqualified staff, volunteers and students, e.g. induction training / on the job training / specific improvement training arising from supervisory meetings etc. You will ensure that the high standards of care, service, safety and hygiene are maintained according to all Bumbles Day Care policies, procedures and routines.

**Your role and responsibilities as a Coordinator in Bumbles Day Care include**:
**LEADERSHIP**
- Assisting the Manager / Deputy manager in providing effective day to day management of Bumbles. This may mean being based within various groups around each of Bumbles settings for periods of time - you may not always be based within the same group. Adaptability and co-operation in this will be a huge part of your role.
- Being responsible for the day to day management and organisation of children and staff with regards to the group / room to which you are assigned each day / Bumbles as a whole in line with the policies and procedures.
- Compiling and coordinating appropriate shopping lists and resource requests for materials. You must ensure economical use of all materials and supplies eg kitchen roll, wipes, art materials etc.
- Carrying out 1:1 and performance review meetings as appropriate. Devising action plans with the practitioner members of staff within the group to which you are assigned.

**OPERATIONAL**
- Ensuring the development of good interpersonal relationships with children, parents and other staff. As co-ordinator you are responsible for ensuring that other members of your staff team are developing these good interpersonal relationships through support and review actions.
- Wearing appropriate uniform and maintaining a professional appearance whilst at Bumbles. Our policy is to get outdoors everyday, you must come prepared to spend portions of the day outdoors in all weathers. **Expectation is on the Cooordinator to speak to any member of staff who is not wearing the appropriate uniform within the group that they are assigned.**:

- Striving to maintain high levels of attendance at Bumbles.
- Keeping abreast with the current legislation and development in the field of childcare, ensuring your own continuous professional development (CPD)
- Assisting in the orientation, induction and training of new staff and students.
- Observing any signs of ill health or stress factors in staff and reporting to the manager, as appropriate.
- Reporting to the manager immediately any matter of concern regarding individual children, staff or parents.
- Ensuring that your areas of responsibility have the correct adult to child ratio at all times.
- Ensuring that any information obtained through work about children, parents or their families is treated as confidential information.
- Always conducting yourself and performing your duties in a manner that reflects the high standards expected from every member of our team at Bumbles. You should bear in mind that any negative representation of yourself could have an impact on your reputation or relationships with peers or parents and could result in disciplinary action.
- Adhering to all of Bumbles policies and procedures.
- Assisting with nappy changing or toileting as necessary, ensuring that every child’s needs are met. Remember that the child’s right to privacy is paramount.
- Reporting any safeguarding concerns immediately to the designated child protection officer. **As co-ordinator you may be the first contact in terms of a disclosure.**:

- Supervising children at all snack and meal times, as appropriate. Assisting with feeding, teaching and encouraging the children with regard to their development of self-care / self-help skills. Ensuring that children with food all



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