Early Years Practitioner

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction

Do you have a passion for working with children and families? Are you passionate about working within your community to prevent need? Would you like to support parents and carers to help their children thrive?

What’s the role?

To provide sessions which support babies and children’s development, encourage parent-child attachment, focus on outdoor learning, and allow babies and children to build a good framework for life and its challenges from the youngest years.

To deliver EYFS-focused group sessions for babies, children and their families in Family Hubs and other delivery sites as directed by the line manager, with a particular focus on delivering learning outcomes.  To additionally deliver some sessions online as required.

To lead on the facilitation of evidence-based interventions on a 1:1 and group basis across Family Hubs and spoke sites.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

You will use your own initiative to deliver sessions in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage.

You will be able to adapt session delivery to meet the needs of a range of diverse communities.

You will be passionate about working with families and children to reduce escalation of need by accessing early intervention service within the community.

Location

The job is primarily based within the community across Lewisham's Family Hubs and associated Network Sites.

Special conditions

• Possessing a childcare qualification at level three or above or other equivalent qualification; or possess recent significant experience in working with babies or young children and be willing to attend training within 6 months of appointment.
• Weekend working is required for this job.
• The job is subject to an enhanced DBS check
• This is a 1 year fixed term post

The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CVs.

Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Angela Thompson at [email protected].

Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

£32,442 - £33,384 per annum (SC4)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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