Highfield Nursery School and Children's Centre is looking for a Family Support Practitioner.
Your responsibilities:
Using the Signs of Safety and Well-being Framework, you will enable and support families to make changes to their lives to promote:
safety and stability
independence
physical and emotional health
access to education, training and employment opportunities.
You will effectively:
communicate and engage with children, young people and their families
assess, plan and review
report and record accurately
actively build relationships and network with multi-agency partners
appropriately manage risk and safeguarding concerns
offer information, advice and signpost.
You will need:
to hold a level 3 qualification in Early Years Education or BTEC in Family Support
to be methodical and precise, a team player with good interpersonal skills
we positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but in this role, you will need to travel to locations away from your contractual base, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.
About us
Highfield Nursery School and Children’s Centre is based in South Ipswich between Whitton, Whitehouse and Castle Hill.
The centre is made up of a state-maintained nursery school, a not-for-profit year-round daycare provision and the children's centre.
We will offer you:
a supportive culture, underpinned by our WE ASPIRE values
access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays
an occupational sick pay scheme.
Please read the Job Description (word) and Application Guidance (word)
For further information, please call Jannice Simpson on 01473 742534.
Please complete the Application Form (word)
Completed application to be emailed to [email protected] or returned by post to Highfield Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Chesterfield Drive, Ipswich, IP1 6DW.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and children’s barred list check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the school.
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