As a Child Day Care Centre Manager, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advocate for social service users
• apply decision making within social work
• apply holistic approach within social services
• apply problem solving in social service
• apply quality standards in social services
• assess social service users' situation
• build helping relationship with social service users
• carry out social work research
• company policies
• contribute to protecting individuals from harm
• contribute to the safeguarding of children
• cooperate at inter-professional level
• coordinate care
• customer service
• deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
• demonstrate leadership in social service cases
• evaluate social work program's impact
• evaluate staff performance in social work
• follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
• maintain records of work with service users
• manage budgets for social services programs
• manage health and safety
• meet standards of practice in social services
• prevent social problems
• promote inclusion
• review social service plan

More generally, a child day care centre manager is also versed in:

• address problems critically
• adhere to organisational guidelines
• advocate for others
• analyse community needs
• apply change management
• apply organisational techniques
• apply socially just working principles
• build business relationships
• business management principles
• child protection
• communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
• communicate with social service users
• comply with legislation in social services
• consider economic criteria in decision making
• establish daily priorities
• implement care programmes for children
• implement marketing strategies
• influence policy makers on social service issues
• involve service users and carers in care planning
• legal requirements in the social sector
• listen actively
• manage ethical issues within social services
• manage fundraising activities
• manage government funding
• manage health and safety standards
• manage social crisis
• manage staff
• manage stress in organisation
• monitor regulations in social services
• perform public relations
• perform risk analysis
• promote social awareness
• promote social change
• promote the safeguarding of young people
• provide safeguarding to individuals
• psychology
• relate empathetically
• report on social development
• set organisational policies
• show intercultural awareness
• social justice
• undertake continuous professional development in social work
• use person-centred planning
• work in a multicultural environment in health care
• work within communities

It also helps to know the following:

• apply person-centred care
• assess the development of youth
• budgetary principles
• corporate social responsibility
• project management
• accounting techniques
• advise on safety improvements
• apply strategic thinking
• communicate with youth
• create solutions to problems
• handle children's problems
• maintain relations with children's parents
• manage budgets
• social sciences
• supervise children
• support children's wellbeing