Childcare Officer

To be responsible alongside other Childcare Officers for the provision of high
- quality childcare and education to children from birth to five years

**Key Responsibilities**
**and Accountabilities**:
To have an outstanding knowledge and understanding of the Early Years
Foundation stage curriculum, the welfare requirements and the development of
children from birth to five years.

To put into practice knowledge of the Early Years Foundation stage and deliver all
welfare and curriculum requirements

To provide a warm, friendly, professional and supportive environment for children,
parents and staff

To contribute effectively to the ongoing development of the Childcare service

To ensure all required Ofsted, University and Service Policy, procedures and
practices are implemented

To play a full role in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum.

To carry out the roles and responsibilities of a key person including observations
and assessments of individual key children ensuring that children’s individual needs
are met.

To provide guidance to Childcare Assistants

To assist and support in catering activities as required

**Special**
**Circumstances**:
Out of hours meetings. Some weekend or evening work may be required.

Manual handling, First Aid, Food Safety and Safeguarding are an integral part of
this post.

Specific dress requirements.

Enhanced DBS check will be required

University of Sunderland

**Role Profile**

Part 2

**Part 2A: Essential and Desirable Criteria**

**_Essential_**

**Qualifications and Professional Memberships**:
Relevant Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education

**Knowledge and Experience**:
Knowledge of Child Development and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

Experience of working in a nursery environment with children from birth to five years

Safeguarding children knowledge/training

**_Desirable _**

**_Qualifications and Professional Memberships:_**

**Knowledge and Experience**:_ _**

First Aid
Food Safety Training
SEND Experience
ICT Experience including the use of word

**Part 2B: Key Competencies**

**Competencies are**
**assessed at the**
**interview/selection**
**testing stage
**Communication**

**Oral**:

- Delivery methods are chosen and tailored to aid understanding and meet

the needs of others.
- Takes action to correct any misunderstandings or mistakes.
- Checks on recipient's understanding and takes action to remedy any

miscommunications.
- Adapts style in response to feedback.
- Be able to communicate effectively with parents and provide daily feedback
- to them.- Be able to communicate effectively with children and members of the

childcare team.

**Written**:

- Anticipates the others' needs for information.
- Adjusts the level of content to suit audiences with varying levels of

understanding and ability.
- Provides information in a suitable format so that the others' needs are met.
- Uses a range of different formats, chosen to the diverse needs and ensure

understanding
- To be able to provide observational reports and assessments of children

within the Early Years.

**Initiative and Problem Solving**
- Analyses problems to identify their cause.
- Takes action to prevent recurrence of problems.
- Considers possible solutions to identify those which offer wider benefits.
- Obtains evidence to support intuition.

**Pastoral Care and Welfare
- Calms and reassures those in distress.
- Provides assistance recognising the limits of own ability and responsibility.
- Refers to others when extra help is needed.

**Service Delivery
- Adapts services and systems to meet customers’ needs and identifies ways

of improving standards.
- Learns from complaints and takes action to resolve them.
- Collates feedback and views from customers and keeps up-to-date with

market trends to inform service development and make changes.
- Actively promotes services.

**Planning and Organising Resources
- Suggests ways of improving working practice and use of resources- Creates realistic plans to achieve own deadlines and objectives
- Monitors progress of self and/or others so that corrective action can be

taken if needed
- Able to plan for children individually showing creativity and an in-depth

understanding of child development and the Early Years Foundation stage
curriculum
- Ensure effective time management of key person tasks

**Teamwork & Motivation
- Helps to clarify priorities and ensure that they are understood by all- Supports colleagues in need of extra help
- Acknowledges and supports the achievement of colleagues
- Motivated and passionate about working within early years and childcare

**Date Completed**:July 2021