Brighter Futures for Children
Early Help Service
25 Hours per week - Fixed term until April 2024
If you live here, work here or just visit, you will already know Reading is a great place and at Brighter Futures for Children we are dedicated to making it even better. Key to this is ensuring our workforce is equipped for the challenge – this is where you come in.
Research provides evidence that Covid-19 lockdowns have negatively impacted the development and learning of 0-2s. Brighter futures for children have secured funding to make a difference to the lives of children born during the Covid-19 lockdowns. This fixed term 2-year post will focus on key priority areas to help children catch up and avoid long term needs requiring later interventions.
You will be responsible for delivering a graduated offer of support to parents and provide babies with age-appropriate learning opportunities they would normally have experienced in readiness for starting school.
You will work alongside the co-ordinator and our outreach worker to support families identified as eligible for support and use an approved assessment tool to understand children’s levels of attainment and adopt support and signposting as appropriate.
You will be required to work in partnership with variety of partners such as Health visiting, speech and language teams, children’s centres, early years settings, SEND organisations and other community organisations to effectively identify, reach, overcome barriers and provide appropriate targeted support to families.
You will be required to work flexibly and some weekend and evening work will be expected.
We are an independent, not-for-profit-company, owned by Reading Borough Council. Our responsibility is to deliver quality children's services, early help, education and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services in the borough.
Applicants should have a qualification of level 3 or above in Childcare, Education, Health, Social Work, or equivalent professional qualification related to work with children and families as well as training and knowledge in safeguarding legislation, procedures, and policies. Applicants will also have experience with supporting vulnerable families and delivering inclusive service for parents and childrenOur Offer:
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Please contact Belinda South (COVID Recovery Coordinator) on 07841 271 916 or Belinda.south@brighterfuturesforchildren.org for further Information
Closing date: 23rd May 2022