Family Learning Practitioner - Ellon, United Kingdom - Gordon Park Early Learning & Childcare

Description

About us
Gordon Park Early Learning & Childcare is a small charity based in Ellon.

We are social, fun, inclusive, and our vision is to provide high quality play-based learning and childcare that is fun, nurturing, safe, inclusive and has the child at the centre, in everything we do, to enable children to become successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective communicators.

Our work environment includes:

• Safe work environment
• Onthejob training
• Living wage accredited employer
• Growth opportunities
• Relaxed atmosphere

About the role

Job Title:
Family Learning Practitioner


Department:
Pre-School


Location:
Gordon Park, Ellon


Reporting to:
Operations Manager

Working Hours: 20 hours per week working 5 days out of 7 with some weekend work

Contract Status:
Fixed term (3 years)


Salary:
£11,440 per annum.

Having recently secured funding from the Robertson Trust, Gordon Park ELC is actively recruiting for an experienced Family Learning Practitioner to establish and lead a new group.

The earliest years of life are crucial to a child's development and have a lasting impact on outcomes in health, education and employment opportunities later in life.

Gordon Park ELC works to ensure that all families have access to high quality family learning within the early years which ensures that parents/carers can support their children and equip them to grow up health, happy, attaining and achieving.

The Family Learning Practitioner will run group sessions which encourages family members to learn together, with a focus on intergenerational learning.

Main tasks & responsibilities

• To provide support in the group, to model practice to assist parents/carers to develop practical skills and strategies to parent their child/ren
• To coordinate and share information to support a team around the child
• To support parents/carers care of their child through targeted work in the home, group work and coordinated services and activities and support with barriers such as housing and financial matters that impact on parenting
• To coordinate and deliver parenting programmes to support parents/carers to develop an understanding of their child/ren's needs and strengthen their parenting skills
• To provide structured and individual support to children and families using the appropriate assessment tools, to create an individual plan with agreed outcomes, targets and review dates with the family
• To deliver and evaluate a range of parenting and family programmes and groups to meet the needs of the community
• To promote an environment that safeguards and protects children and when necessary take responsibility for ensuring the appropriate safeguarding procedures are adhered to
• To work flexibly as required by the service and to participate in Gordon Park ELC and multiagency meetings and events to contribute to the agenda and advocate on behalf of children and parents/carers
• To undertake office and administration duties in connection with the Family Learning Group as required
• To manage own workload and plan time effectively
• To keep line manager informed of all concerns, issues and potential areas of conflict
• To adhere to interagency child protection policies and procedures and attend regular safeguarding training.

The Family Learning Practitioner will also have a creative way to develop positive relationships with families through organising a range of family learning opportunities in the local community and these may include:

• Peep Learning Together
• Eat Well Play Well
• Talk, Learn, Do
• Bookbug
• John Muir Award
• Peep Progression Pathway
• Brunch & Blether
• Incredible Years
• Story Safari.

We anticipate running three hour sessions, five times a week. Some of these will be 'open sessions' with multiple parents and children, some will be smaller focus sessions (for example, working with children and families who have the same vulnerability i.e. substance misuse, social isolation, bereavement etc) and others will be 1:1 keywork sessions with a parent and their child.


Person Specification

Essential

• SVQ 3 Health and Social Care (Children & Young people) or working towards
• Confident in a group setting
• Strong planning skills
• Good communicator
• Great manner when interacting with parents and children
• Relevant work experience in an early years setting
• Nonjudgemental
• Empathetic/emotionally intelligent.

Desirable

• Strong IT skills
• Proven track record in a similar role in Family Learning.

Application Procedure

Reasonable Adjustments

If you need us to make any adjustments to allow you to fully participate in the recruitment process in line with the Equality Act (2010), please get in touch.

Right to Work

Safe Recruitment
Given the nature of our work, we operate an enhanced screening process as part of all recruitment. You can find out more on our Careers Page.


Closing Date
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