Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visiting
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7601062
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 17 & 18 Grand Central House
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Early Years Worker
Band 4
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Job overview
· To carry out delegated duties independently, following an assessment by the Health Visitor (HV) caseload holder, in client’s homes and community settings with objectives agreed with the caseload holder.
· To work with families to create quality play and learning opportunities for pre-school children.
· To screen the growth and development of pre-school children in line with the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) using evidence-based tools.
· To deliver evidence-based group programmes for parents and their children with professional supervision and support, in order to ensure fidelity to the defined programmes of intervention.
T To work using the Stockport Family Model of restorative practice, by ensuring assessments and interventions are carried out with the family in a collaborative way.
· To contribute to and support supervised contact sessions with the allocated contact supervisor, when the need arises for a family with whom they are working.
· To undertake home visits alone or with a colleague.
· To carry out any other work deemed appropriate to the role in consultation with line manager.
Main duties of the job
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
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
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.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
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.
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work effectively within the team and across all agencies as required, optimizing outcomes for families.
To carry out quality development assessment using the ages and stages questionnaire.
To work with administrative staff to plan the child development assessment sessions.
To participate in providing community experience for new members of staff or other personnel.
To provide a safe, secure, inclusive and stimulating environment in community settings and to establish an effective and collaborative relationship with parents/carers.
To support the development and delivery of high quality, play based opportunities and childcare as appropriate, ensuring such opportunities conform to the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
To plan, facilitate and evaluate play development programmes for individual children and their families, following assessment by the HV, to enable the child and family to benefit from wider play and learning opportunities.
To support parents/carers in developing their child’s Speech , language and communication through evidence based programmes.
To take part in parenting programmes in accordance with the Healthy Child Programme in order to support families in their parenting role. Advise and assist parents in developing their parenting skills individually or in groups.
Plan and coordinate health promotion sessions as required.
To work closely with the Start Well team leader and Health Visiting team to identify and work with families who require support and deliver the agreed menu of interventions.
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 £54.90. 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 £16
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 3 Early Years qualifications or above
Desirable criteria
- Early Years Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children and families under 0-5
- Experience of delivering evidenced based interventions
- Experience of assessing children's learning and development
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a family home and working independently
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Health Child program or the Early Years foundation stage
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Family Hubs and other government initiatives within Early Years
Skills
Essential criteria
- Assessment of Early years development
- Communication skills
- Ability to work in a team or independently
Desirable criteria
- Working with Children with Special Educational needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christine SmallWood
- Job title
- Start Well Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07875990427
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