Early Years Worker

THIS POST IS FULL TIME (37.5) HOURS PER WEEK

The Stockport Health Visiting service are looking for experienced and enthusiastic early years workers to come and join our Start Well team in Stockport. If you are looking for a new challenge we have an opportunity to offer a post working in our integrated health and local authority team within Stockport Family.

You will be knowledgeable about child development and have a passion for working with children and families. You will be able to work well in a team but also to organise your own workload under the supervision of named health visitors.

Ideally you will have experience in ASQ 3 and ASQSE and Welcomm assessment or be willing to train in these. You will be comfortable working in a variety of settings including homes and clinics.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• The post holder will work as an integral member of the Stockport Family Service to promote the health, learning and development of children through a variety of interventions and strategies delivered in the home and community settings such as Start Well Hubs, Satellite Hubs , Health Centres and Nurseries.
• The post holder will work with partners to ensure that services are coordinated and that groups/activities provided will meet the needs of children under five and their families.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.