Early Years Practitioner (Outreach Worker)

East Ham Children’s Centre

Best Start in Life

Early Years Practitioner (Outreach worker)

With a focus on SEND

Required: As soon as possible

Pay scale: Scale 5: £22,284 - £24,267

36 hours, 52 weeks

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Early Years Practitioner who will be part of the Children’s Centre teams in the East Ham Community Neighbourhood. Experience of working and supporting families of children who have SEND is desirable but not essential.

Oliver Thomas Nursery School and Children’s Centre works in collaboration with Altmore Infant School and Children’s Centre as part of the East Ham Neighbourhood Provision.

Our focus is on ensuring families in our area are able to access Newham’s Best Start in Life Guarantee.by delivering programmes, workshops and sessions offering evidence based advice and guidance to improve outcomes for families with children from 0-5 years.

This is an integral role within our organisation not only will you plan and lead on the delivery of some of our family learning sessions. You will also be delivering family learning packages from within the home environment; linking with local schools and community venues; outreaching to families and advertising the services available to families with children under five.

The successful applicants will need to be very flexible, have an enthusiastic approach and be able to work collaboratively and sensitively across our neighbourhood. They will be professional at all times, with a particular awareness of confidentiality.

Good communication skills, excellent recordkeeping and teamwork are essential.

We are committed to providing the Best Start in Life Guarantee to improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and to help enrich the lives of children and families in East Ham.

This position will be based at Oliver Thomas Nursery and Children’s Centre.

Oliver Thomas is a popular, inclusive and very successful Early Years setting serving a vibrant, diverse community in the heart of East Ham.

The School and Children’s Centre are integrated and together and we work in partnership with other agencies, local settings and schools to ensure the very best outcomes for children and families.

Visits are warmly welcomed; to make an appointment, please contact:  Nicola Hayden Nursery School Head Teacher or Naomi Ferron Children’s Centre Co-ordinator on 020 8552 1177

Closing date: 18th July 2018

Interviews:  24th July 2018

An application pack is available to download: www.londonschooljobs.co.uk

The schools in in Newham are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A disqualification declaration questionnaire maybe required for this post.