EARLY YEARS STRONGER PRACTICE HUB ADVISER

Lancashire County Council; Chorley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is seeking an experienced Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Adviser (EYSPA) for a secondment. The role involves sharing your expertise beyond your setting and improving outcomes across the Stronger Practice Hub region.

The position offers a daily rate of £500 and requires a commitment of 14 days per term to support activity, with visits, modelling, coaching and peer support across settings.

Qualifications

• Experienced early years practitioner/leader seeking secondment.
• Ability to coach, model and share effective practice across settings.

Responsibilities

• Secondment opportunity for an experienced early years practitioner/leader.
• Visit, modelling, coaching, peer support and sharing effective practice with early years settings.
• Work alongside the Growing Together Stronger Practice Hub team and other EYSPAs.

Skills

Early years expertise

Coaching

Peer support

Job description

EARLY YEARS STRONGER PRACTICE HUB ADVISER

Ref

Ref 201904

Number of Posts

Number of Posts 4

Grade

Grade Up to £500 a day .

Term

Term Part-time.

Perm / FTC

Perm / FTC Fixed Term Contract.

Required

Required (January 2027 to January 2029).

Closing Date

Closing Date 21/09/2026.

Location Growing Together Lancahsire and Beyond, Stronger Practice Hub , PR7 3DU (87 on roll)
Duke Street
Tel: [phone]
School website: www.dukestreet-nur.lancs.sch.uk Summary Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Adviser (EYSPA) – Secondment Opportunity

Growing Together, Lancashire and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, Duke Street Nursery School.

We are looking for an experienced and passionate early years professional to join us as an Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Adviser (EYSPA) on a secondment basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to share your expertise beyond your own setting and contribute to improving outcomes for children across our Stronger Practice Hub region.

The opportunity

• Secondment opportunity for an experienced early years practitioner/leader.
• Daily rate: £500 per day, inclusive of all travel costs.
• Commitment to be available for 14 days per term to support Stronger Practice Hub activity.
• Opportunities to work directly with early years settings through visits, modelling, coaching, peer support and sharing effective practice.
• Work alongside the Growing Together Stronger Practice Hub team and other EYSPAs.

We are particularly interested in hearing from professionals with strong practice and expertise who are passionate about supporting and developing others.

For an informal discussion please contact: Contact Sue Conron or Laura Johnson at Duke Street Nursery School, Chorley for further information. Equal Opportunities statement An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

Applications and further details are available from/returnable to

Address:

Address: Please submit your expression of interest form to your local participating EY Stronger Practice Hub (Growing Together, Lancashire and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub) at –
[e-mail]

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.