Executive Head of Childcare Services

Our Client Haringey Council is looking for a Executive Head of Childcare to join their Service.

Role Purpose

• To be responsible for the general day to day management of childcare provision within three local authority maintained nurseries
• To lead in developing the ethos, policies and practice of the centre with particular regard to ensuring high quality early education, childcare provision and also integrated community provision

• To be responsible for Ofsted inspection of the childcare and early education

Service Planning & Delivery

• To ensure the quality and standard of early years education and care is established and constantly monitored
• To lead the Senior Management Team, in undertaking the annual self-evaluation and planning process for the childcare in each of the children centres.
• To be responsible for the administration, security and organisation of the childcare provision within the nursery
• To be responsible for the monitoring of all children's progress, identifying individual needs and co-ordinating delivery of services from staff and other professional agencies for children with additional needs
• To be responsible for the childcare Nursery development plan in consultation with all stakeholders ensuring standards are met and maintained and policies are in place as required
• To promote inclusion for all children, ensuring children access all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and to liaise with and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies, as required
• To understand and comply with the Council's and Education Service's equal opportunities, sickness, environmental and health and safety policies and procedures

Early Intervention & Safeguarding

• To be the named Designated Child Protection Officer responsible person for child protection within the childcare provision and where agreed for the nursery, to put in place policies and procedures that ensures the identification and onward referral of children who may be at risk of harm.
• To proactively deal with any safeguarding issues that arise through the delivery of childcare provision
• To ensure that the Childcare provision works in partnership with professionals across the services & liaising with other agencies
• To ensure that staff and service users are aware of their duty to safeguard children, providing them with guidance & advice on child protection as well as family & community issues

Management role

• To lead, manage and support staff effectively on a day to day basis to enable all to carry out their professional responsibilities
• To be responsible for supervision, performance management and monitoring of childcare staff including annual and mid/end of year performance appraisals in line with Haringey policies and procedures
• To develop an appropriate skills mix across the staff team, leading on the recruitment of childcare staff in line with HR policies of the Local Authority
• To work flexibly. This will involve travelling across the borough and operating from a range of venues and delivery sites. Some evening and week-end work will be required

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Competitive Referral scheme
• Double payrolls each week.

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To be considered for this role, please apply with your CV to on the social care team.

Remedy Social Care is a REC Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit