Freelance Assessor

Purpose of role: To assess childcare settings on the quality of their service, enabling them to achieve Early Years Wales’ quality assurance scheme, QfA.

Main duties: 

• Respond to requests for assessments to be undertaken
• Review completed QfA Assessment Tools submitted by individual providers
• Liaise with providers to arrange assessments in-person or online as directed by QA co-ordinator
• Devise assessment plans based on information and evidence submitted in QfA Assessment Tool
• Carry out assessment and identify areas of good and excellent practice
• Hold professional discussions with providers as part of the assessment and support them to identify their next steps
• Complete an assessment summary report
• Submit the summary report and liaise with QA Co-ordinator to complete the assessment
• Attend at least 3 standardisation meetings per year
• Feedback compliments and complaints to QA Co-ordinator
• Promote aims and principles of Early Years Wales wherever possible

Other expectations:

• Identify and feedback opportunities to enhance the QfA scheme that will support providers and increase Early Years Wales’s profile
• Promote diversity, equality and anti-racist practice in the early years childcare and play sector
• Keep up to date with developments and best practice in the early years childcare and play sector
• Take responsibility for your own Continuous Professional Development

Please see job description for person specification. 

Location: We invite applications from across Wales, especially West and North Wales. 

Rate of Pay:  £150 Initial Assessments and Accreditations* plus, travel expenses @ 45p per mile

*Payment for Annual Reassessments under review

How to apply: Complete an application form and send to [email protected]

Contact Claire Thomas, Quality for All Co-ordinator, for more information:

 Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07581 630974