Job Title: Child Development Officer
Department: Early Years
Location : East Kilbride
Due to the increased number of spaces filled within our nursery, we are now opening a new position within our baby room. This is a full-time permanent role of 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday based on our Early Year’s Service in East Kilbride. You will be working alongside a great team and reporting to our Early Years Management team.
About Us:
Indigo at the Village is located in the Village of East Kilbride, we cater for children from 6 weeks through to 5 years old. Our passion is to deliver quality childcare to all children at our nursery. Our vision is to provide a unique high-quality education, ensuring the children are at the heart of everything that we do.
The Indigo Group is a three-time award-winning (and 2024 nominated!) childcare organisation that for over 30 years has made it our mission to empower families to overcome poverty and its challenges by providing innovative, family-informed, learning and childcare solutions from birth to 16 years. We are passionate and care for children, young people and their families, keeping them at the heart of our practice.
Our values are:
* Family Centred- Children, young people and their families will be at the heart of every decision we make.
* Fun- Our team’s happiness is infectious and will create a welcoming and fun experience for every Indigo stakeholder.
* Nurturing- We will nurture every child, family, team member and community to help them achieve their fullest potential.
* Innovative- We will always ask our families and communities what they want and use our professional expertise to create transformational solutions.
What you will be doing:
As our Child Development Officer, you will be a role model in everything that you do, from promoting our Indigo brand and values to ensuring that everything you do in your role and for Indigo is delivered to the highest standard.
Key Accountabilities:
* Provide a high-quality, caring, safe and stimulating learning environment that enables children to develop at their own pace.
* Plan, observe, assess, track and deliver stimulating, exciting and balanced programmes to support the children’s learning through our Early Years curriculum.
* Ensure that all sessions are safe, fun and inclusive and liaise with external agencies to support children’s wellbeing and development.
* Contribute to quality improvement and have an understanding of quality assurance systems that we use in Early Years.
* Follow and adhere to all policies and regulatory body governance to ensure that it meets the Health & Social Care Standards and SSSC.
Parent & CYP Engagement involves:
* Being an ambassador of Indigo when engaging with and supporting parents, children and young people delivering outstanding customer service at all times.
* Facilitating feedback from parents and children and engaging on family communication and learning platforms.
Administration responsibilities include:
* Ensuring that all children’s records and information remain securely stored and up to date.
* Contributing to policy-making and the implementation of our policies and procedures.
* Completing regular and all necessary tasks as defined by our Lead Child Development Officer.
Training:
* Be required to attend regular training to ensure that all mandatory requirements are met.
* Identify any personal and service training that you require for you and your continued professional development (CPD).
Health & Safety: You will be asked to follow and adhere to all legal responsibilities and duties as set out under the Children Act (Scotland) 2014 and the Health & Safety at Work Act.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
An SVQ Level 3 Social Services- Children & Young People or equivalent is desirable. Should you not have this, though have the passion to work in childcare and learn, we will always be on the lookout for people to join us.
* Proven ability to deliver consistent high levels of customer service.
* A willingness to learn and continually challenge yourself.
* Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
* Strong IT skills, particularly MS Office with good attention to detail.
* Highly organised and able to work independently.
* Ability to work well in a team and show willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
What you will get in return from us:
A salary of £26,957 per annum along with our Indigo benefits of:
* 37 fully paid annual leave days per annum (based on a full-time role).
* Company pension.
* Company sick pay.
* Enhanced maternity pay.
* Access to health insurance.
* Christmas savings club.
* Team Events.
* Access to family support if required.
* Indigo branded clothing.
* Access to all mandatory, accredited and indigo-specific training courses for free.
If you are interested we would love to hear from you. Apply today via our application form!
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