Full time Play Leader Oscars and Spring at Spring Nurseries
Job Description
Full Job Description
Role: 9574 – Play Leader with Spring Oscars (Club Manager)
Salary: £26,936 per annum
Contract: Permanent Full Time – 37 hours per week
Location: Edinburgh (Spring Oscars Royal High)
Closing Date: Midnight of 12th April 2023
Benefits: 20 days annual leave plus public holidays, free breakfast and after School childcare and 50% off holiday club childcare, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, and much more. For more information check out our careers portal.
We’re thrilled that you’re considering a career with Oscars. Spare us five minutes, and we’ll tell you what you need to know…
Spring Oscars offers warm and friendly childcare for children 5 years to 14 years old. Many of our sites are located within the local primary schools fostering close links with the surrounding community.
Our aim is to provide quality out of school childcare to children. We offer play and educational opportunities in a safe welcoming environment focusing on the social and educational welfare of each child. We are proud of our highly qualified and dedicated team who are passionate about nurturing children and promoting their well-being.
The role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Play leader (equivalent to a nursery manager role) to join and lead our team site to provide a safe, caring, fun and stimulating environment. Our Play Leaders provide the highest standard of leadership to their teams while being supported by our wider operations team.
The way we work
Our successful candidate will have an enthusiastic and pro-active mindset with a positive attitude and have the ability to lead the team to form strong and supportive relationships with the parents, children and the team. Our Job Description outlines the requirements of the role, but the ‘must haves’ are:
What you’ll be doing
In the role of Play Leader, you’ll be:
- Promoting the emotional, physical, social, psychological, developmental, and educational well-being of children as paramount.
- Leading and be responsible for the day-to-day management of a Spring OSCARS before and after school care.
- Preparing the club for the daily activities, including snacks or breakfast is prepared in line with healthy eating guidelines.
- Managing a team of Play Work staff providing inductions, supervision, team meetings, appraisals and training.
- Liaising and taking a lead role with relevant partners ensuring effective communication and completion/recording of company and regulatory documentation.
What we need from you
In the role of Play Leader, we’re ideally looking for someone who has:
- Minimum level SVQ 3 or HNC qualification in Childcare or Early Years and willing to study further.
- Registration with Scottish Social Services Council
- Experience of working in a senior/management role within a nursery setting or out of school setting
- Experience of leading a staff team, including supervision, work allocation, assessment or training and professional development
- A thorough knowledge and understanding of the Curriculum for Excellence, GIRFEC, Care Inspection requirements and relevant current legislation.
- An understanding of child protection processes, safeguarding and working with vulnerable children.
Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we’d love to hear from you.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
At Spring Oscars we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.
Male staff are often under-represented within this sector and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.
Don’t meet every single requirement?
Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we’d love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children, Spring and Oscars family.
Application Process
There are 5 sections for you to complete – Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the JD and Person Specification when applying.
We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.
Talent Pool: We’re sure you’ve got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you’re unsuccessful this time around, we’d like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you’d rather we didn’t do that.
If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Partner Lynn Kelly on Lynn.Kelly2@actionforchildren.org.uk
We’ll be happy to give you any support you require.
Location : Edinburgh
Closing Date :12th April 2023
HOW TO APPLY
Click Here to Submit your CV and Application on Company Website
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