Early Years Coordinator

Job Description

Action for ChildrenSalary:£21,100 to £24,800 per annumContract/Hours:Permanent Full Time 37 hours a week. 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday plus flexibility to work Bank Holidays.Location:Wilmslow, Cheshire.Closing Date: Midnight on 19th July2022. If we receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised.Perks:Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays,flexiblematernity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, up to 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands,check out more on ourcareersportal.Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Action for Children so heres what you need to know.About UsAt Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood.Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to theirlives.About the role and where you will be working:HMP Styal is an early years mother and baby unit that offers holistic support for mothers and their babies up to 18 months old, who are often vulnerable and may have complex emotional and health needs. We work closely with a range of professionals and aspart of a team to offer the best positive outcomes for the mothers on the unit and this is a vital part of our work. We are looking for a highly skilled, enthusiastic early years practitioner to lead the nursery on a day to day basis and act as deputy whenthe Practice lead is away from the unit.As an Early Years Coordinatoryou will:

• Provide leadership for the learning programmes for individual or groups of children. appropriate to their needs and developmental stages in accordance with Early Years legislation and guidance.
• Overseeing and Leading on the nursery environment, planning and childrens development files.
• Supervising staff members and leading Early Years group meetings.
• Lead in the centres self-evaluation and action planning for Ofsted.
• Preparing and supervising dedicated areas/rooms within the setting on specific working patterns through planning, managing ratio of children, provision of a stimulating and appropriate range of activities and ensuring health and care needs are met.
• Assuming the role of a key worker to a group of children and work in partnership with parents/carers, catering for all childrens individual needs; observing, planning and evaluating development activities; keeping accurate records and maintaining regularcontact and communication with parents.

What Youll Bring:Our job description for the Early Years Coordinator outlines the requirements of the role but the must-haves are:

• Level 3 early years and childcare qualification e.g. NNEB, CACHE, NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education.
• Experience working in an early years child care setting or a setting working with children aged 0 to 5 years.
• Safeguarding Level 2 or ability to achieve.
• Paediatric First Aid Qualification or ability to achieve.
• Thorough current working knowledge of childrens emotional, physical, psychological and educational developmental needs from 0 to 5 years.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, wed love to hear from you.We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusiveworkplace we want everyone to be themselves.We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have anunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguardingbest-practice.Please complete the supporting statement section on how you meet the person specification.If you would like to find out more about the role and have an informal conversation about the work of the Mother and Baby Unit please call and ask for Lisa Flynn.We cant wait to hear from youstay safe and happy.ApplicationProcess:There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.TopTip...Refer to the job description when writing your SupportingStatement.Interview Date: 29th July, they will be at Sytal Prison.Talent Pool: Wed like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if youd rather we didnt.Contact:Sarah Manderfield on or email .uk who will be happy to support with your application.Get to know us a little betterbycheckingout our socials onTwitter,Linkedin,FacebookorYouTube.