After School Club Manager

The role of the After School Manager is to provide professional leadership and management to the club, to effectively manage the day to day running and to deliver the highest standards of care and play opportunities, whilst ensuring that the vision and aims of the club are met.

What do you have to achieve?

• High standards of care and play


• Compliance with all regulatory requirements


• Develop a staff who are highly skilled and well supported


• Develop the ethos and vision within the club reflecting our commitment to Playwork


• Promote high standards of quality within the club in respect of environment, resources and experiences offered.


• Ensure that practice and provision in the club is activity promoting playwork.


• You must be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times.



• Ensure that children are kept safe and ensure all staff understand and, when necessary, follow safeguarding procedures as set out by the local safeguarding board.


• Promote and facilitate partnerships with parents, carers and the wider community.


• Support good practice in relation to inclusion.


• Establish, develop and maintain highly professional working relationships with all relevant agencies.


• Create and maintain a culture of self evaluation and reflective practice throughout the club.



• To work within budgets and meet targets for revenue and costs.



• Manage the day to day operation in order to ensure the health and safety of the children, their parents and carers, the staff and any visitors.


• Adhere to health and safety policy and procedures.


• Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures.


• Be responsible for ensuring the club remains compliant in respect of suitably trained staff with relevant qualifications.


• Ensure all staff have relevant health and safety training.


• To liaise with the school and proprietor in matters of maintenance health and safety.


• Proactively represent Monkeys and advance its interests in the local community.


• Promote the club to current parents and potential customers.


• Ensure all staff develop and maintain friendly and professional relationships with parents and carers.


• Be responsible for ensuring that all complaints and concerns are actively resolved and dealt with in a timely manner and that these are reported to the proprietor.


• To regularly update the club social media page ensuring that all information is accurate and written to a high standard.


• To use social media as a tool for marketing the club within the school community.


• To be a member of the management team across the Monkeys Group and contribute to the strategic planning.


• To keep up to date with all regulations relating to the Playwork and CIW.


• Responsible for all administrative duties associated with the club, such as maintaining children's records, ordering, maintaining inventories and keeping personnel records updated.


• To co-ordinate, lead and chair regular staff meetings, setting the agenda to meet the needs of the club.
  
  Minimum Level 3 in CCPLD/CCLD/Playwork or equivalent - please check social care Wales for list of recognised qualifications.


• Proven track record in childcare and/or playwork settings


• Minimum 2 years experience.


• Knowledge of NMS and CIW inspections


Successful candidates will be required to provide references and a DBS check.