The Treehouse Club
Forest School leader/practitioner
Billeircay
Salary: 360 per week
Closing date for applications: 31/01/2016
Please email a.wilson@thetreehouseclub.co.uk
The Treehouse Forestry Pre-School and Out of School Club is a unique setting based in Norsey Woods, Billericay. Offering both a pre-school and out of school club for children aged from 2 to 11 years old, we are open from 7am until 7pm and offer our children the wonderful experiences of attending a forestry setting and learning in an outside environment.
We are looking for a qualified practitioner to join our growing management team.
Job Description:
Purpose of the job:
You will be assigned as the manager of our out of school club as well as supporting our pre-school manager in the morning pre-school sessions. As the Out of School Club manager you will be co-ordinating two separate rooms with segregated age groups, you will be leading our out of school club team to provide a mix of indoor and outdoor sessions for all of our children. Our out of school club operates before and after our pre-school from 7am until 9:30am and then from 2:45pm until 7:00pm. The hours of work are 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Working within our morning pre-school sessions, you will be assisting the manager to provide structured indoor and outdoor pre-school activities to children aged from 2 to 4 years old.
Main duties and responsibilities will include:
- Co-ordinating the planning across all age groups and rooms in the Out of School Club.
- Managing a team of out of school club staff including qualified practitioners and apprentices.
- Planning the school drop off and collection rotas.
- Ensuring that the club is opened and closed efficiently.
- Providing a role model to the team to developing them to provide a high level of childcare and education.
- Supporting the pre-school manager during morning sessions.
- Planning and helping within pre-school activities.
Person specification:
The ideal applicant will have the following skills and qualities:
- At least three years of Out of School Club managerial experience
- Strong team managerial skills and a proven track record of team management.
- Experience of running at least a 30 child setting.
How will we evaluate you and your suitability to this role:
- We will be looking for you to demonstrate relevant experience across a strong out of school club career.
- Pre-school experience is preferred.
- You will have the suitable skills and qualifications, with at least a level 3 in childcare.
Employment information:
You will be reporting to: The Setting Manager and pre-school manager in part
The salary for this role will be: £9 per hour
The initial length of probation will be: 3 months
Safeguarding statement
The Treehouse Forestry Pre-School and Out of School Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and takes its statutory duties and responsibilities in this context very seriously. We expect everyone working in or on behalf of the setting to share our commitment.
We take pride in ensuring that our robust policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and implemented consistently, by everyone, as we strive to maintain a strong safeguarding working practices and culture. Annual safeguarding training is provided to all staff and is an integral part of the setting’s Continued Professional Development training. All staff, volunteers and main contractors undergo appropriate DBS checks prior to appointment.
Safer recruitment
The Treehouse Forestry Pre-School and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.
Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.
References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.
We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.
Eligibility to work within the UK
We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.
Any other information: Free parking, in house training, uniform
