Early Years Supervisor - Strabane Sure Start Plumbridge Creche (Term Time ) Would you like to make a difference to children's lives, be part of a dynamic team and receive a wide range of training? If so, Strabane Sure Start are seeking applicants to join our multi-disciplinary team as a Leader for the creche in Plumbridge. If you have NVQ Level 5 in Childcare, Learning and Development or equivalent, or a qualification above this, e.g. Degree in Early Childhood Studies we would love to hear from you. Candidates who are working towards these qualifications will also be considered, with the expectation that the qualification must be completed within 2 years. You must also have relevant demonstrable experience working with 0 - 4 year olds. The creche caters for children aged from 8 weeks to 3 years and 11 months. Our programme aims to support families and help children develop improved language skills, improve physical development, enhance social and emotional development, foster greater independence, increase levels of attention and concentration to help children reach their full potential. Therefore a sound knowledge of child development is essential, as well good observation and written skills to record and monitor progress accurately and provide action plans, reviews and reports for individual children, recognising different needs. Planning, assessment, observations are a key element of the position. You will be required to work with a multi-disciplinary team, including external agencies to improve health and social development. This will include home visiting and family support including supporting children with additional needs, befriending and signposting. You will also be supporting the development of early relationships between parents and children. The setting is registered with Early Years and inspected on a regular basis, therefore minimum standards must be met and all paper work kept up to date. The role involves supervision of Early Years assistants and safeguarding will be a key part of the role and you will have a duty of care to all the children in the setting and must follow all policies and procedures ensuring children are kept safe at all times. In return Barnardo's offers a reward package that includes a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme, an additional holiday purchase scheme and staff discounts. Base: Strabane Sure Start, Plumbridge Creche Hours: 7.5 hrs per week Minimum, Term Time (Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings) Contract: Permanent. Salary: £ per annum, FTE Closing: Midnight, 19/08/2025 Contact: We are registered with Social Services, successful candidates will undertake Social Services' vetting procedures. A waiting list will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. Benefits Workplace Offer: What it means for you The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardo's stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer T&C's apply based on contract About Barnardo's We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Our basis and values Reference number: 21518 Location: Strabane Family Centre Contract type: Permanent (Fixed term funded post) End date: Permanent Hours: 7.5 Salary: £28,360.80 - £35,811.57 (FTE) (£4,913.32 - £6,204.11 Term Time - 39 Weeks) Closing Date: 19 August 2025 Interview Date: 26 August 2025 Loading Enlarge Map Benefits Discounts at 100's of retailers Employee suggestion scheme Company pension Employee Assistance Programme