0-5 Practitioner (2 Posts)

North-East Derbyshire & Bolsover – 2 part time post – 18.5 hours per week permanent and fixed term contracts.

Two exciting opportunities have arisen within the Family Help Team, Children’s Services Department for dynamic and committed individuals to provide direct and practical support to children and families with a wide range of complex and often challenging needs.

• Build trust and confidence with vulnerable families
• Improve and maintain independence of children and families
• Support parents/carers to manage their child’s routines
• Influence parents/carers to make sustained changes to improve and enhance quality of life
• Work with colleagues to deliver provision that meets the needs of children and families
• Motivate and inspire parents/carers to address concerns about neglect
• Working as part of the Family Help team and to ‘Think Family’ in their engagement with families whilst following safeguarding procedures.

What will I be doing:

Practitioners provide a core offer for children aged 0-5 and their families. Working closely with colleagues in Public Health, practitioners provide interventions focussed on child development, school readiness and parenting:

Baby Buddies group – Working with parents/carers in groups to understand early childhood development and how they can support children’s learning by understanding brain development, attachment, ages and stages of their child’s development, play, stimulation, and early language building.

Little Learners group – Working with children so they can be ‘school ready’ by the time they start accessing their full-time school place. The 10 keys to unlocking school readiness is shared with parents/carers to show them what is expected in the early years.

ECAT – Every Child a Talker – Group programmes to support the delivery of an evidenced based intervention to improve speech, language and communication development.

Parenting – The Solihull Approach to Parenting is an evidenced based intervention and is available as a rolling programme. There is a blended offer of in-person groups from our network of Children’s Centres and also virtual groups through Microsoft Teams.

Pre-birth support and practical advice to help expectant parents feel more confident and navigate the challenges and preparations for welcoming a new baby.

Develop excellent relationships with parents/carers in order to influence them to understand how their parenting impacts on their family.

 What skills and experience do you need to have: 

• Be enthusiastic, versatile and self-motivated with the ability to work well as part of a team. 
• Have experience of working with children and families
• Able to problem solve and proactively work with others.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills with attention to detail
• Understanding of and implementation of safeguarding procedures.
• Excellent IT skills 

 What we offer you:  

• 25 days of annual leave plus another 5 once you reach 5 years of continuous service (pro rata).
• Flexi time working.
• Generous local government pension scheme.
• Guaranteed incremental annual pay increase.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounts at selected county leisure centres and much more! 

We are always pleased to hear from talented people so if you’re looking to join a dynamic team and have the skills and experience we are looking for, then we would like to hear from you. 

Provisional Interview Date: 16 May 2025