34577 - Childcare Provider

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Because this is a Band 4 post with supervisory responsibilities, the job description falls within the generic 'Facilities and Services Supervisor' category. The job description below is specific to responsibilities, activities and duties of the Childcare Superisor role.

HMP Eastwood Park – Band 4 Supervisory Childcare Job description

Experience of working with babies preferred but not essential

Willing to undertake further training as required

This is a childcare job with administrative duties in an establishment (mother and baby unit)

Able to take management responsibility of the nursery team when required

Organise produce and maintain accurate records for area of work

Work within a multi-disciplinary team with the responsibility for initiating, implementing and maintaining Ofsted standards of age appropriate care within a calm and stimulating environment for 0-2 years.

Organise and provide nursery facilities to meet the needs of the babies and their mothers in the prison environment. Where appropriate arrange outings into the community for the babies.

Recommend and maintain a varied and age appropriate range of equipment and play materials.

Ensure a high standard of safety and care

Maintain accurate and up to date records assisting when necessary in the preparation of reports for assessment, learning, development and external agencies.

Work as part of a team and participate in team meetings.

Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding policies including child protection protocols and procedures

Work within the constraints of the prison environment and transfer relevant information to discipline staff and other colleagues

Work as part of a team to provide family days and materials for all day visits

Encouraging mothers to meet the needs of their children when visiting their mothers on the mother and baby unit.

37 hours per week Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

Childcare qualification level 3 or above

Competencies

We’ll assess you against these competencies during the selection process

• Making effective decisions
• Leading and communicating
• Collaborating and partnering
• Building capability for all
• Managing a quality service

Facilities and Services Supervisor

Overview           

Job holders within this Group Profile may/will be responsible for the supervision of staff and / or carrying out specific activities within their own area of work. These roles are non-operational with no line management responsibilities.

These roles may involve contact with prisoners depending on their area of work.  

Will have regular pre-planned prisoner facing activities/duties.

Characteristics

Typical tasks associated with this Group Profile include:

• Supervise all staff within their area of responsibility, ensuring they are briefed on the work for the day and that relevant work area is maintained to a high standard
• Prioritise activities in-line with local procedures ensuring workload/regime is delivered escalating issues to the Catering manager when required
• Contribute to the development of local practice, process and initiatives, ensure consistency across the unit in the application of policies and procedures affecting prisoners and staff
• Carry out prisoner interviews, inductions and supervise prisoners within the area of work, ensuring that they are appropriately inducted and deployed, completes basic documentation relating to prisoners where required such as logging hours worked
• Ensures prisoner security is maintained including conducting prisoner rub down and pat down searches in accordance with policy.
• Contribute to staff appraisals providing relevant performance information to Line Managers
• Manage the tool inventory and maintains security standards within the work area
• Maintain the discipline of prisoners working within the work area. This includes issuing of behaviour warnings, governor reports and minor reports
• Update prisoner wing files on the prison databases and confirm prisoners attendance to work and authorise the pay
• Complete paperwork for accident reports
• Support the achievement of Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) and standards, checking compliance with specific policy standards and suggesting improvements
• Undertake compliance checks, contribute to risk assessments and respond to hazards as and when appropriate
• Ensure effective utilisation of resources and reduction of waste in area of work
• Collect and prepare all Management Information required
• Open and complete Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) forms, Violence Reduction Incident Reports (VRIR) and Security Information Reports (SIRs) when required and contribute to Incentive Earned Privileges (IEP) reports
• Maintain sufficient levels of stock and when required procure goods and services using procurement system ensuring value for money and compliance with procurement/finance rules
• Promote prison service policy in all activities and behaviours by promoting diversity, decency, safety and reducing re-offending agendas
• Operate within command mode, in-line with local contingency plans

Job Descriptions relating to this Group Profile

The post is non-rotational and will cover one of the roles below depending on expertise.

• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Catering
• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Stores
• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Maintenance
• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Waste Environmental Amenities Conservation
• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Nursery
• Facilities and Services Supervisor : Hospitality and Catering

Essential Skills/ Qualifications/ Accreditation/ Registration       

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh

Hours of Work and Allowances                

37 hour working week (standard).

HMPPS Staff on closed pay structures only:

Additional Conditioned Hours Pensionable (ACHP)

Staff moving from a closed 39 hour pay structure will be eligible for the two protected pensionable additional committed hours (ACHP). They will work a 39 hour week consisting of the standard 37 hour week and a further 2 additional hours (ACHP) paid at plain time pensionable rate.

Behaviours        

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership

Technical Requirements             

• Must hold qualification in relevant field