Childcare Sufficiency Officer (Hybrid) needed in Barnsley, £15.17ph PAYE – Reference: 0008 C4F3 / 1
Childcare Sufficiency Officers to work with our childcare sufficiency team to enable us to achieve our ambitions in relation to the early years entitlements and wrapround expansion. These roles will also have responsibility for ensuring that we meet our statutory duties relating to childcare sufficiency.
The successful candidates will work in a collaborative manner with teams across the local authority, schools, families, childcare providers (including private providers, childminders, community and voluntary organisations and early years settings) to assess supply and demand and expand childcare provision (including wraparound) that is accessible to children and families, including those with SEND.
• Enable the service to meet specified targets and statutory requirements within agreed timescales.
• Undertake the mapping of current provision across the Local Authority.
• Consult with parents/carers, providers, and children about demand for childcare
• Provide business planning and marketing advice and guidance to new and existing early years childcare providers and schools to develop, support and sustain childcare provision for children from 0 to year six.
• Inspire, influence, and motivate , early years providers, childminders, head teachers, governors,
managers, lead partners, senior education leaders.
• Work closely with our finance officer and budget manager and providers to complete funding applications and business plans to support development of high-quality, sustainable provision.
• Provide ongoing monitoring, advice, support and challenge providers to ensure high quality inclusive practice is maintained, improvements are monitored and poor practice is reported through appropriate channels
• Identify and share models of best practice
• Contribute to the development of cross-sector provider networks and support their effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively within the local authority and with key external agencies to ensure joined up partnership working to meet individual needs of children and families. This will involve forming relationships between the local authority, local job centres, providers and community representatives
• Monitor and report on take up, availability, supply and demand and work with the DfE to provide ongoing accurate data to support with the monitoring and evaluation of the programme
• Communicate the local childcare offer through existing channels to the public, childcare providers and other key agencies.
This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.
If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.
Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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