Early Years Development Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of the multi disciplinary team and to provide a high standard of care and therapy through assessment, early intervention, support and transition for children who are pre school, with developmental difficulties and complex health needs.To observe, assess and structure these findings within a professional report and to verbally discuss these with care givers and other professionals; to aid potential diagnosis and/or to identify next steps of intervention. Utilising own skills to develop, plan, implement and evaluate sessions where therapy is facilitated through play and to ensure this is delivered within a developmentally stimulating environment. To ensure that the individual health needs of the children are met in partnership with care givers and other professionals.

Person Specification

role requirements

Essential

• CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the early years practitioner or equivalent Or NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children and Young People's Workforce (Early Years) or equivalent
• Significant experience of working with children with developmental delay and their families
• Significant experience within the area of assessing child development
• Motivated, ability to work within a team whilst being flexible, able to prioritise workload, be innovative and an effective communicator
• Willing to adapt to the changing needs of the service and able to take on board new ideas, skills and knowledge
• Access to public/own transport as to meet the needs of the service there will be a need to travel between locations.
• Basic IT skills

Desirable

• NVQ Level 4 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
• Experience of working within a CDC setting
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating therapy sessions through play

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Rainbow Child Development Centre

Burnley General Teaching Hospital, Briercliffe Road

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)