Healthy Family Support Practitioner 5 Plus

Barnardo's; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's charity is seeking a Healthy Family Support Practitioner to provide vital support to families in Colchester. The role requires experience in Early Years and Family Support, working closely with children and their families in their homes and in groups. You'll utilize evidence-informed frameworks to enhance children's development and readiness for school. If you have the necessary skills and experience, we encourage you to apply promptly as the position may close early due to high application volumes.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people pre-birth to 19 years (up to 25 SEND).
• Ability to deliver support in homes and groups.
• Understanding of evidence-informed frameworks like the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Responsibilities

• Provide universal and intensive targeted support to families.
• Use a variety of interventions to achieve positive outcomes.
• Plan and deliver high-quality services to support children's development.

Skills

Skills in Early Years

Experience in Childcare

Family Support

Job description

The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS) brings together a range of existing services, having been commissioned by Essex County Council and the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group. The service, which is provided by HCRG Care Group in partnership with Barnardo's, ensures that families continue to have easy access to local services, with staff able to reach children and families in the community; whether in one of our Family Hubs or Delivery Sites, an Early Years Setting or School, or in a family’s home. This flexible and innovative new way of working is about providing services without walls and ensuring those families who need support the most are easily reached.

Broad areas of support and service delivery are:

• Health Visiting
• Parenting Support
• School Nursing
• Family Health
• Resilience and Child Development
• Support for ages 0-19 (25 SEND)

Please see our website for further details www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk

We are looking for a Healthy Family Support Practitioner to work with five years plus in our Colchester area with skills and experience in Early Years, Childcare and Family Support.

Healthy Family Support Practitioners will be working with children, young people, pre-birth-19 (up to 25 SEND) and/or their parents/carers, in their homes and in groups to increase the skills, confidence and abilities to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way. Practitioners will be working with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.

Healthy Family Support Practitioners will be providing universal and intensive targeted support aligned to the service outcomes. Utilise age appropriate evidence informed frameworks, for example the Early Years Foundation Stage, to plan and deliver high quality services that support parents/carers to enable their children to thrive, meet their full potential and to be school ready.

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.

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.