Early Years and Outreach Worker - Birmingham, United Kingdom - The Springfield Project

Description

St. Paul's Community Development Trust and The Springfield Project

Role title:
Early Years and Outreach Worker


Salary Scale & Hours
St Paul's Springfield

Grade 3 Level 1 Grade 2

Hrs per - week 26

Pay - £20, ,976 pro-rata. (Actual Salary is £14,723-£14,942 p.a)


Role Purpose:
To deliver services in the community which promote child development
, and to undertake some home visits


Main functions:

• Provide 'Stay and Play' sessions for target families that promote child development
• Promote reading with babies and toddlers, and provide Book Start reading groups
• To support the delivery of Baby Club activities to meet the health and development needs of children and families who attend
• To collect and help collate evidence that demonstrates outcomes for children.
• To provide and promote positive play within the Early Years Foundation Stages for children and support parents/carers in how they play with their children to encourage good child development, including providing sessions in family homes.
• To provide crèche for under 5s while their parents/carers participate in parentfocussed activities.
• To undertake followup visits where families are seen not to engage with the service at the Health Visitor Mandatory Visits.
• Ensure the suitability, safety and cleanliness of toys and other equipment, replenishing the supply of toys as required, within the constraints of the budget.
• To support parents who have under 5s with SEND needs ensuring inclusive practice and signposting to additional specialist support as required.
• Make effective links to family support ensuring all relevant information is shared, as appropriate, in relation to the children and parents.

Line Management responsibility:
Apprentices, Students, Volunteers


Person spec - Essential criteria

Experience

• Experience of developing positive relationships with children under 5 and their parents/carers enabling them to participate in the play / activity session
• Experience of setting up enabling environments
• Experience of collating and maintaining monitoring information
• Experience of undertaking outreach work within the community
• Experience of working with SEND needs and their families
• Experience of home visiting

Knowledge

• Principles for early year's provision which promote child development within the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.
• Promoting equality and inclusion within early year's sessions, supporting children with additional needs and areas for targeted EYFS support.
• A working knowledge and demonstrable understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues, including Safeguarding and Child Protection policies, procedures and systems
• Knowledge and understanding of support activities which enable positive outcomes for early year's children, with an emphasis on narrowing the gap and reducing health inequalities

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills effective with a range of people including parents and carers
• Able to design, plan and run groups in the community
• Excellent communication skills with babies and children under 5

Qualifications and Training

• NVQ 3 Children's Care Learning & Development or equivalent

Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 26 per week


Salary:
£20,669.00-£20,976.00 per year


Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 07/06/2023