Details:
- Salary: £12.18 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Barnsley
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
Childcare Quality Improvement officer – Barnsley
£12.18 per hour
Fixed term contract – Full Time
Key Accountabilities
Co-ordinate locality forums to share best practice amongst childcare providers including those who offer placements to disabled children and those with complex health needs.
Deliver awareness sessions, toolkit briefings, agreed training sessions and updates on legislative changes as and when required, including updates on special educational needs reforms.
Produce articles newsletters, the Council’s web pages and social media.
Deliver, challenge and support to childcare settings, including assessing quality improvement programmes and associated documentation. Provide targeted advice to those settings identified as requiring intensive support - or be responsive to complex or sensitive issues as they arise.
Collaborate with external and internal organisations to develop services for children.
Support the implementation of government grants. Implement national initiatives and projects which may include the use of nationally recognised assessment systems for monitoring progress.
Periodically gather ‘best practice examples’ to promote Barnsley regionally and nationally.
Implement a range of toolkits and checklists for childcare providers to meet the necessary statutory welfare requirements.
Represent the service at panels to discuss applications for children’s welfare and/or grants to support their care, as required.
Annually evaluate the services offeredUndertake/commission ad hoc valuations as required.
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