Job summary
- Main area
- Children and Families
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: Working within a County Wide Pathway
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)
- Job ref
- 388-7366160-CFHD
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Springfield Court
- Town
- Barnstaple
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Early Years Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated county-wide professional team.
We are excited to be advertising for a Full Time Early Years Practitioner to support our Early Child Development Pathway of care in North Devon, Exeter, Torbay and South Devon
The Early Child Development Pathway provides assessment, and therapy plans for children aged 0 – 5 years where there is evidence of possible or significant delay that is affecting the child in two or three areas of their development.
The Early Years Practitioner will be the named and key contact for family during the assessment period.
The role holder will offer support and strategies to families, based on the assessed needs during the assessment period, and where a post assessment plan indicates a period of support is required.
The role will offer support and strategies to children whose development is assessed as having moved away from the expected variation and for whom time limited, needs focused intervention may support a return to expected developmental progression.
Main duties of the job
- Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated county-wide professional team.
- We are excited to be advertising for a Full Time Early Years Practitioner to support our Early Child Development Pathway of care in North Devon, Exeter, Torbay and South Devon
- The Early Child Development Pathway provides assessment, and therapy plans for children aged 0 – 5 years where there is evidence of possible or significant delay that is affecting the child in two or three areas of their development.
- The Early Years Practitioner will be the named and key contact for family during the assessment period.
- The role holder will offer support and strategies to families, based on the assessed needs during the assessment period, and where a post assessment plan indicates a period of support is required.
- The role will offer support and strategies to children whose development is assessed as having moved away from the expected variation and for whom time limited, needs focused intervention may support a return to expected developmental progression.
Working for our organisation
Early Years Practitioners will work closely with all users of our services and their families and carers, who all play an invaluable contribution in how our users experience our services.
Staff are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
- Working with infants and young children and families to negotiate and agree a personalised care plan including re-assessing risks and needs
- Acting as a child’s advocates in the multi-disciplinary team
- Working in partnership with children and their families and carers
Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making - Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
- Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the service’s policy
- Escalating concerns and clinical outcomes of care to senior staff
communicating well with all members of the team - Using their clinical judgement to adapt and amend assessments / treatment plans to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
- Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements and scope of extended competencies
- Safeguarding infants and young children by recognising and responding when a child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
- Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
- Integrate best practice and identification of areas where improvement in practice is required
- Providing skilled, evidence-based care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures and extent of agreed competencies
- Being open and transparent about their own practice
- Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
- Demonstrate adherence to the relevant Code of Conduct and Trust standards of practice
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- detail around previous roles and experience
Desirable criteria
- additional CPD achieved
Essential
Essential criteria
- Achieved Grade and Years of Experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Terry
- Job title
- Senior Early Years Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01392 467473
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