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Stepping Stones of Sopley are seeking a caring, enthusiastic, and experienced Deputy Nursery Manager to support the Nursery Manager and to lead our dedicated team caring for children aged 9 months to 4 years. You’ll create a warm, nurturing, and stimulating environment where our youngest children can develop and thrive. As Deputy Nursey Manager, you’ll plan engaging, age-appropriate activities, support your team’s practice, and build strong relationships with families to ensure every child feels safe, secure, and valued. If you’re a positive, professional leader with a genuine love for children and early learning, we’d love to hear from you! Job Description · To effectively deliver the EYFS ensuring that the individual needs and interest of children in the setting are met (in conjunction with other team members). To manage an allocated room, leading the team and being a key worker-ensuring all staff fulfil their duties and that all observing, recording, assessing of progress and planning of next steps is kept up to date. · Ensure planning is completed, relevant to your children and inclusive. Work with staff, parents and children in completing the planning. Evaluate planning, highlighting positive experiences and weaknesses. Give ideas of how things can be improved or extended. · To ensure the team develop and maintain strong partnerships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate day-to-day caring and early learning needs as well as educating parents on how they may best support their child’s learning. · To ensure the provision of a high-quality learning environment within your section, to meet the needs of individual children having an awareness of any SEND, family cultures and medical histories. · To advise manager/deputy of any concerns, e.g. over children, parents, the safety of the environment, preserving confidentiality as necessary. · Support all staff and engage in a good staff team, giving particular help and advice to those who are new or unqualified. · You have a responsibility to ensure they are capable of reaching Stepping Stones standards to children in your area who are working above or below their recommended areas and ensure you work with the key worker to ensure these children reach their potential. · To be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, parents and staff meetings and to organise regular meetings within your group, details of which should be recorded. · To ensure good standards of safety, hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times and to ensure all staff implement Health & Safety procedures in accordance with Little School policies and procedures. Have a keen regard to the risk assessments. · Ensure that staff undertake duties where needed, such as domestic tasks, preparation of snack meals, cleansing of equipment, etc. · To work alongside the manager and staff team to ensure that the setting’s philosophy is fulfilled and to follow all routines, duties, timetables, record keeping and any reasonable duties requested by the manager. · To read, understand and adhere to all policies and procedures relevant to your role and the safe running of the setting. · To develop your role within the team, accessing new training and ensuring you are up to date with current legislation and policies. · To ensure complete confidentiality of any information regarding the children, their families or other staff that is acquired as part of the job. · To be aware of the high profile of the setting and to uphold its standards at all times, both in work hours and outside. · To support nursery assistants, students and volunteers and ensure training where required. · To ensure mealtimes are a pleasant and social occasion and have regard for legislation regarding allergies and food hygiene. · To ensure that when a child is ill their care will be prioritised. · To be aware and act on all matters of safeguarding immediately and ensure your staff are fully trained and checked before you leave them alone in your area. · To ensure accident and incidents are reported immediately and that forms are signed by parents on the day. · Ensure the staff in your section know the fire procedures and that visiting staff are told this on arrival. · To ensure all staff are treated equal and that everyone is given respect, support and courtesy in their role. · Be responsible for participating in all staff development including allocating time for peer on peer observations, supervisions and appraisals. · Ensure your staff are effective at transition time ensuring there is little ‘dead time’. If you have the following we would love to hear from you; · A minimum Level 3 qualification in Early Years or equivalent · At least 1 year of experience in a managerial or supervisory role within a nursery setting · A strong understanding of child development and the EYFS framework · A positive, proactive approach to problem-solving and team support

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Farmhouse Care Agency

Community Care Assistant Part time

Job Role: Community care assistant Responsibilities: • To Deliver personal Care and Maintain a High Standard of Care in the community Purpose of the role • To undertake all domiciliary services with the sensitivity required to preserve the dignity, privacy, choice, independence, fulfilment and rights of the client and his/her friends and family., • To work without direct supervision in the client’s home, whilst adhering to their individual care and support plan., • Support the clients to remain at home with as much independence as possible. Main duties • To always deliver a high level of care, • Provide person centred care to our clients., • To undertake personal Care tasks as outlined in the Client’s Care Plan., • Ensure that the needs of the clients are met, including social, emotional and physical needs., • Keep accurate records in respect of care given, tasks undertaken., • To maintain good communication and develop effective working relationships with clients and colleagues., • Liaise with agencies and other health professionals when and where necessary., • Adhere to and be aware of all Farmhouse Care policies and procedures. Duties to include • Working within clients homes, accepting different environments and clients varying capabilities., • Developing and maintaining good communication with both client and family members., • Ensuring a living environment which is a safe as possible for clients, whilst respecting their choices and rights., • Informing the Registered Manager of any changes in the clients physical / mental condition and /or circumstances., • To participate in the Induction of staff, • Familiarisation with clients personal care plans, • Domestic care which may include shopping – escorted or alone, • Undertaking housekeeping household cleaning and laundry duties as requested if outlined in the care plan, • Ensuring the client is not put at risk as a result of home care activities, • To attend staff meetings, supervision and training to met CQC requirements, • Personal care which may include assistance with washing, bathing and toileting, • Personal Care which may include moving and handling, • Personal Care which may include help with purchasing of provisions to provide a nutritionally balanced diet, • To wear uniform always provided with plain black trousers and flat sensible shoes, • To be aware of the clients’ confidentiality at all times, • Companionship Care which may include sits, escorting to appointments and help with reading, • Responsibilities for the safe handling of property, equipment and monies belonging to the client, • Willingness to travel between clients home, • Working as part of a team, but also able to work independently, • To wear an identification badge at all times, • To promote and ensure the good reputation of the company at all times, • Be available and willing to undertake any other tasks as specified by your Manager, which are relevant to the role of the post and to the needs of the client This is not an exhaustive list, however, it gives an accurate and concise summary of the duties involved. Health & Safety • To ensure all records are completed daily and that they are legible, • To make safe any hazard immediately after identification and then report to the Registered Manager, • To comply with Health & Safety requirements and to ensure implementation of all Policies and Procedures, including PPE. Qualifications and Experience • You will be friendly, kind, honest, reassuring and an effective communicator, equally comfortable to act on instructions or work on your own initiative and you'll enjoy being part of a close-knit team., • Ideally, some experience in a care environment, although this is not as essential as your genuine desire to develop a career in this field, • Good communication skills, both written and verbal, • A respectful, courteous and compassionate nature and a willingness to undertake any aspects of care or non-care duties, • A belief in giving your personal best at all times and striving for continuous improvement, • Hold or be willing to undertake Care qualifications (Diploma level 2 & 3) Personal Attributes and Skills • Excellent communication skills, • Ability to identify with and relate to people from all backgrounds, ethnicities and religions, • Strong sense of responsibility, • Ability to work under pressure, • Capable of prioritising, • Motivated, committed and focussed, • Ability to work well as part of a dedicated team and independently, • Friendly and enthusiastic character who can build rapport with our clients, • Caring and positive attitude, • Reliable and trustworthy Other • Must have a Full, valid driving license and access to a motor vehicle, • Business use included on vehicle insurance, • Must be legally allowed to work in the UK and be based in the UK

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