Childcare Officer (Maternity Cover)

Chichester College Group; Worthing; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a forward-thinking nursery, where you can make a real difference in children's lives as a Childcare Officer. This full-time role involves working with young children, ensuring their safety and happiness while fostering their development. You will lead a dedicated team, plan engaging activities, and communicate effectively with parents. With generous benefits and a commitment to professional growth, this position is ideal for those passionate about early childhood education. Join a vibrant team where no two days are the same and contribute to shaping the future of young learners.

Benefits

Generous pension schemes

Hybrid working opportunities

College closure days during Christmas

Discounts on gym membership

Discounts on nursery fees

Qualifications

• Post qualifying experience in a childcare setting.
• Experience leading a team and planning educational activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and well-being of children, meeting individual needs.
• Lead team to deliver high-quality educational experiences.

Skills

Early Childhood Studies Level 3

Team Leadership

Planning and Delivering Educational Opportunities

Knowledge of Early Years Regulations

Effective Communication

Education

Level 3 qualification in Early Childhood Studies

Job description

First Steps Nursery have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as an Childcare Officer at our Worthing campus. You will join us on a full time, maternity cover basis,and in return, we will offer a competitive salary of £25,708 - £26,101 per annum.

Are you a happy, supportive and fun loving individual who dreams of a job where no two days are the same? An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Childcare Officer at our First Steps Nursery based at Worthing College.

Working with young babies through to children ready to start school, you will share your love for learning and make a real difference in children s development and learning journeys. Together with our dedicated team, you will be a part of ensuring the children are learning, socialising, exploring and having fun.

Key Responsibilities of our Childcare Officer:

• Ensuring the safety, happiness and well-being of children, ensuring that all children are supported to reach their potential and that individual needs are met.
• Effectively leading the team to be delivering high quality opportunities, through modelling the expected standards and having high expectations of the team, and ensuring that the day to day experience for children is outstanding.
• Ensuring that there is effective, open and meaningful communication within the team and with parents.
• Supporting children through the implementation of our nursery intent, annual calendar and the delivery of our pre-school curriculum, ensuring that all opportunities for teachable moments are utilised.
• Supporting staff with documentation including (but not limited to) planning, observations and assessments, and reviewing and moderating these to ensure their accuracy and effectiveness.
• Being reflective and reactive to cohort needs/organisational needs/sector updates and to actively aim to solve problems and proactively make a difference through striving for improvement.
• Contributing to and work towards targeted action plans in conjunction with the Childcare Manager.

Our ideal Childcare Officer should have the below skills and experience:

• Level 3 qualification in Early Childhood Studies (or equivalent)
• A period of post qualifying experience working in a childcare setting
• Experience of leading a team
• Experience of planning and delivering high quality opportunities for children to support children to reach their potential
• Working knowledge of current Early Years regulations (including Early Years Foundation Stage, Development Matters and Ofsted frameworks/guidance)
• The ability to communicate effectively and purposefully in a range of ways to suit a variety of situations

Closing date: 12 May 2025

Interview date: 22 May 2025

The Chichester College Group has seven colleges, Anglia Examinations, First Steps Childcare Group, Chichester English School and 2,600 staff spread across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. This makes us the largest college group in Sussex, providing high quality learning opportunities for over 25,000 students every year.

We offer generous pension schemes, hybrid working opportunities, college closure days over the Christmas period (which is not deducted from annual leave entitlement) plus the option to purchase up to 5 days additional leave, and discounts at onsite facilities such as gym membership and nursery fees at certain campuses

If you would like to learn more about our Childcare Officer role, then please click apply today!

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The Chichester College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, which may include a check of the barred lists and any relevant overseas checks. We vigorously pursue all references and safeguarding checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with young people.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We are an equal opportunities employer.