View Vacancy -- Early Years Appraiser

Working to the requirements of the Children act 1989 and the Social Services and Well Being Act 2014, the Resilient Families Service is responsible for the delivery of effective Team Around the Family arrangements across the County Borough.

The Resilient Families Service delivers effective, timely and family focused early intervention services to families across RCT with the aim of building resilience.

This role is responsible for undertaking comprehensive Early Years Appraisals and directing the delivery of traditional Early Years services to families referred to the Resilient Families Service with children aged 0-7 years.

It will also include providing line management for the RFS Community Childcare Workers and working closely with the Placement Advisory Officer to secure appropriate childcare places for families requiring early intervention support to prevent their needs escalating and to support the child’s development.

It will also involve working in partnership with all professionals and services involved in delivering the Resilient Families Service to ensure seamless services are provided to secure effective delivery of outcomes for families.

The successful candidate must possess the Early Years/childcare level 3 in Health and Social Care (QCF) or predecessor NVQ Level 3 in childcare/Caring for Children and Young People or ability to achieve the QCF within 2 years of being allocated an assessor. Management experience is also desirable.

For further information, please contact Tracy Symon, or Lisa Lewis on (01443) 281435.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists or Spouses and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.