Deputy Creche Team Leader

Supporting the Team Leader , the successful candidate will play a crucial role in the care of all children who use the crèche, and for delivering that care in accordance with current policies and procedures. In the absence of the Team Leader, they will be expected to manage the allocation of staff to ensure adequate coverage in line with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) ratios and for the direction of staff in order to meet the requirements of the service supervision.

They will be responsible for the supervision of staff and of children's activities whilst at the Crèche and have flexibility to perform any other duties as required.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and cheerful Deputy Team Leader to our well established team at Withybush Creche. The successful candidate will need a recognised childcare qualification, such as a Level 3, or above, Diploma in Childcare, and experience within a childcare setting, either as an assistant, or at a supervisory level., Qualified to Level 3, or above with a recognised childcare qualification, the successful candidate will need to have a good level of general education, and significant experience of childcare in a crèche, day care or nursery setting is an essential requirement and previous experience in a supervisory capacity, would be beneficial.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply., The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres, The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The post is permanent, 37.5 hours, Monday to Friday.