Universal, SEND & Emerging Needs Practitioner

Hertfordshires Family Centre Service is made up of the Public Health Nursing Service (Health Visitors and School Nurses) and the Family Support Service. Our purpose is to support children and families to have the best start in life develop well and thrive. We provide families with children aged up to 5 years with a wide range of services information and support on key areas relating to family life.

As the Universal SEND & Emerging Needs Practitioner you will support the Universal SEND & Emerging Needs Lead and Senior to effectively deliver high quality family support services. This will cover our universal offer (Little Herts) SEND and emerging needs services to local families with children under 5 years of age and will also support the engagement of parents in the development and learning of their children.

The Role:

Promote the engagement of parents in their childrens development and learning covering emotional development communication and language physical health SEND etc.
Create and develop a range of tools resources and information that parents can access through workshops webinars by attending sessions to further support home learning.
Develop a good working knowledge of the demographics of the local community and an understanding of the local services networks facilities and support systems including digital available for families during ante-natal and post-natal periods.
Design plan and deliver initiatives to meet identified needs of local communities and individual families encouraging engagement and co-production wherever possible.
Delivery of sessions will be a combination of face to face and also over a range of digital platforms.
To plan creative responses to best meet families needs and deliver relevant support interventions and activities in the home and community using various parenting models and programmes individually and in groups.

Requirements:

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in health social care or early years (essential)
You will need a valid UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours and willingness to travel on a regular basis. You must have insurance that allows you to drive for business purposes
The job requires working flexible hours in accordance with the needs of the service which will include some early mornings evenings and weekends. Rotas will be set by the line manager in line with the needs of the service users.

Important information:

We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.

As some of our roles involve working with vulnerable members of society this position may require a Basic or Enhanced Criminal Disclosure which will be conducted once a conditional offer is made

Previous Applications: We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. However if you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were not successful please consider whether your experience has developed further before reapplying

Accessibility & Adjustments: We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and will strive to be as accommodating as possible. Please inform us in advance of any arrangements you may need to fully participate in the process.

We are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

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• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.