Location
West Bromwich, West Midlands | United Kingdom
Job description
Objectives/key activities – Early Years Team
Plan and deliver targeted service elements, producing KPI's and outcomes i.e.:
Play, Talk, Read Programmes to parents in coordination with Sandwell's PTR guidance framework; prioritised using additional resource through partnership with National Literacy Trust.
Linking to Play, Talk, Read to increase the number of children 0-4 years who are active library members.
Focus group sessions for those children scoring Red and Amber Wellcomm Assessments.
To proactively promote and increase library membership.
To promote the ELT and NEF options with families through:
Active promotion of the opportunities to families.
Promotional materials in the centres and other community venues.
Informal discussion with parents about the options available to them within children's centre services and community offer.
Advice and guidance to parents in applying for places.
Direct follow-up with parents who have children that qualify for ELT but have not taken up the offer of a place in partnership with the local authority.
To undertake Wellcomm assessments and support children:
Focus will be on children NOT in early years settings, who are between 18-24 months.
Those children scoring amber or red in the assessment to be supported as appropriate using the associated resource book.
To engage with parents with preschool children across the relevant towns.
Work with the wider Children's Centre teams, including support for volunteers, to deliver activities and service specifics to meet the needs of the service across the borough.
To support the delivery of Stay & Play sessions for families in venues across each town through voluntary sector organisations and volunteers working with children's centre staff.
To work alongside the SMBC Early Years Team in particular children's centre teachers to support providers of early years services.
To inform Early Years lead of children identified as SEND within children's centre services and work with wider partnerships to access specialist Cygnet Programme within each town to monitor developmental progress of children. Further support will be provided by Autism West Midlands and SPDC for families with new and emerging diagnosis with seamless links with ISEY service.
To actively engage in reflective case and personal supervision, PDR's and be responsible for updating learning, implementing into practice and develop skills to meet service needs.
To meet the needs of the service evening and weekend work may need to be undertaken as required.
Any other duties deemed appropriate within your job role to reflect the needs of the service.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .
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£9.17k - £11.21k per annum
