Senior Early Years Practitioner

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location :London Borough of Havering
Hours Per Week :36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £16.35

Job Profile below:
To ensure the Early Help offer is responsive to the ongoing and changing needs of the community, linking and working closely with partner agencies, community hubs and voluntary groups.

To ensure the centres are well maintained and that the information represents the services available in response to the local need.

To supervise and line manage a team of practitioners and volunteers who are responsible for the delivery of targeted and universal services in response to local need and demand.

Ensure that staff have the skills and ability to provide safe, high quality crèche facilities and delivery of all aspects of the 0-5 School Readiness offer in line with the 1001 days initiative.

To actively involve parents and carers in their own and their children’s learning and development. Including taking a lead in the promotion of the parent’s forum as a means to consistently develop and evaluate the services and programmes offered by the children’s centres.

Provide a leadership role to staff in supporting families by improving family relationships, and promoting positive and healthy outcomes for children through the provision of universal and targeted interventions.

To keep up to date records and ensure the administrative requirements of the service are met in response to service key performance indicators.

The primary purpose of this role is to work as part of the Children’s Centre team alongside colleagues within social care and partner agencies to ensure effective collaborative service delivery which is child focused to meet the needs of children and their families.

The key objectives are to:

• To ensure the Early Help offer is responsive to the ongoing and changing needs of the community, linking and working closely with partner agencies, community hubs and voluntary groups.

• To ensure the centres are well maintained and that the information represents the services available in response to the local need.

• To supervise and line manage a team of practitioners and volunteers who are responsible for the delivery of targeted and universal services in response to local need and demand.

• Ensure that staff have the skills and ability to provide safe, high quality crèche facilities and delivery of all aspects of the 0-5 School Readiness offer in line with the 1001 days initiative.

• To actively involve parents and carers in their own and their children’s learning and development. Including taking a lead in the promotion of the parent’s forum as a means to consistently develop and evaluate the services and programmes offered by the children’s centres.

• Provide a leadership role to staff in supporting families by improving family relationships, and promoting positive and healthy outcomes for children through the provision of universal and targeted interventions.

• To keep up to date records and ensure the administrative requirements of the service are met in response to service key performance indicators.

• To ensure the service is inclusive and accessible to the wider community, working from a variety of community building and locations.

• To support practitioners in the coordination of projects such as Bookstart, digital parenting and other current initiatives being delivered such as Reducing Parenting Conflict.

• To have a clear understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures so where areas of concern arise, these are followed and acted on promptly.

• Enable and support staff to act as an advocate, children, young people and families to ensure that their voice is heard and their wishes and feelings taken into account.

• To ensure the Health and Safety requirements for the premises and staff are met in
line with Havering Council Polices and Protocols.
Experience
• Experience of developing and delivering effective provision for young children/families in either the public or voluntary sector.
• Experience of effective partnership or cross sector, multi–agency work.
• Experience of working with families on practical parenting tasks.

Qualifications
• Recognised Level III Childcare Qualification.
• 2 years’ minimum experience working with young children and families in the community.
• A qualification in First Aid or the willingness to train and acquire the qualification.
• A qualification in Basic Food Hygiene or the willingness to train and acquire the qualification