We have an exciting opportunity for two vibrant and motivated Early Years Workers/Special Educational Needs Coordinators to join our Family Wellbeing Centre family support team, providing high quality play and services to young children and their families referred to the service, both within the centre and out in the community. About the Service Our Family Wellbeing Centres provide high quality multi-agency services that are flexible and support the needs of young children and their families. Our services are available to all children up age 0-19, along with their parents/carers who live in the local community. The centres wider goals are to have a positive and lasting impact on each and every family that attends and help to improve their outcomes in life. As an Early Years worker will work in collaboration with the wider Family Wellbeing Centre team and partners, adopting a whole family approach. Location of the post We are located in Brent however you will be required to travel throughout the locality to meet the needs of the service. Working hours Monday to Friday (37 hours a week) Essential Requirements Must be educated to NVQ level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Experience with Children, Young People and Families Able to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding. Some of the Key Responsibilities include: Delivery of a range of sessions for targeted intervention Ensuring the creation of safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments Understand the stages of young children's learning and development and issues that individual children may face that can make this challenging for them. Plan and evaluate targeted intervention sessions. Supporting children with SEND according to their individual needs. Support the implementation of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice. To complete/support with completing Early Help Assessment (EHA) where necessary. If you would like some more information about this role, please contact Peter Feltham – [email protected] / 07724608586 When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Additional Information sheet, Person Specification & Job Description. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure check via the DBS check. Applicants will be required to undertake a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009. 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. Pay & Reward Framework We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. Benefits Workplace Offer: What it means for you The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardo's stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer *T&C's apply based on contract