Early Years Team Leader
Service: Early Years
Grade scale: Grade 2 level 4
Reports to: Head of Centre / Head Teacher
Purpose of the job
To work as an effective member of an Early Years team, delivering a high-quality childcare service which meets the needs of children and their families.
Key tasks and responsibilities
To take a lead to supervise, monitor and evaluate practice and staff to ensure delivery of the highest quality Early Learning and Childcare that meets the needs of children and their families.
Working collaboratively to plan and implement a high-quality curricular programme which meets the needs of the individual children, 0 to 5 years, in line with national and local standards. Lead, support and monitor the Early Year’s team in the delivery of the relevant curriculum.
Take a leading role in supporting the Early Learning and Childcare team to provide the delivery of an effective high quality Early Learning and Childcare service in accordance with local and national policies and procedures, guidelines and government legislation.
Person specification
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Desirable |
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Education, qualification and training |
You must hold one of the following qualifications. NNEB HNC Childhood Practice SVQ 3 Children’s Care Learning and Development SVQ 3 Early Years Care and Education SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People) |
Any other recognised qualification under Scottish Social Services requirements |
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Skills, knowledge, experience |
Experience working in an Early Years environment |
Experience of managing people |
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Personal qualities |
Commitment to ongoing professional development A genuine commitment to behaving with honesty and openness; treating people consistently, fairly and with respect Inclusive and supportive team player To work in a flexible, adaptable manner and to always act with discretion and tact |
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Other |
It is a requirement of this post that after taking up your appointment you commence registration with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months. Thereafter you must maintain your registered status |
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Safer recruitment checks
As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment, we carry out a number of pre-employment checks
- Asylum and Immigration right to work in the UK
- Reference check: external candidates require 2 references, one of which must be from their present or most recent employer. Internal candidates require 1 reference from their current line manager
- Candidate Disclosure Scotland check, where applicable
Behaviour framework
The council’s behaviour framework is a set of core behaviours that defines how employees approach work to enable the delivery of key tasks for the role. The expected behaviours for this role are:
Efficient
- Punctual and conscientious in your approach to work
- Use council resources efficiently, avoiding waste and unnecessary expense
- Identify inefficiency in processes and communicate this to your manager
- Meet deadlines and targets in your day-to-day work
- Understand the impact of wasteful behaviours on the environment and you act to minimise this impact
- Use of information technology to achieve best outcomes
Flexible
- Willing to learn new tasks and accept new ways of working
- Willing to be flexible in your approach to work to meet changing service delivery needs, deadlines, and urgent priorities
- Help team members when they have urgent deadlines and prioritise your work accordingly
- Understand the need for change and are open to this across your working life
Performing
- Is polite, professional and friendly to customers and apply customer care standards and attitudes at all times
- Works safely to maintain the safety of yourself and other raising concerns about unsafe working practices
- Meets standards of work required in your role in terms of quality and output
- Uses initiative to solve problems and raise potential issues
- Acknowledges when mistakes are made and learns from them
- Seeks feedback on your performance to learn and improve
Working with others
- Works alongside internal and external colleagues to meet common objectives
- Has professional relationships with colleagues and is aware of dignity at work standards
- Actively and respectfully listens to people in order to understand them and their views
- Contributes appropriately in team and other meetings and discussions
- Presents words and views clearly in a way that other people find meaningful
- Respect diversity and promote equality of opportunity when working with colleagues and members of the public
Leading
- Role models the standards of behaviours expected of a South Lanarkshire Council employee
- Displays and enables leadership through sharing knowledge and skills, seeking guidance and providing support to your colleagues, team and the wider community
- Is aware of and adheres to professional codes of practice and the council’s code of conduct and understand how these impact on employment with the council and public perception of council employees