Child Development Centre (Hybrid)
Permanent, Flexible hours, Full time
Enhanced DBS check required
£35,597 - £39,875 inclusive of £689 London Weighting and £963 Essential Car User allowances
Able to work occasional weekends and evenings when applicable
What we’re looking for…
Forward thinking individiuals determined to make a difference, promote inclusion whilst being respectful, adaptable and resilient.
You will have substantial experience of working with children aged 0-5 with SEND and knowledge of interventions and strategies to support their development.
You will work in partnership with parents and other professionals across a variety of organisations.
What is it like working in our team…
We are a small supportive team where everyone’s opinion counts. We work together to create the best service for our families.
Every day is different.
What our families say about us:
- Fantastic speaking with you earlier, I feel so relieved we have finally found help.
- Just want to thank you for the 12 weeks sessions that you have supported B. I feel that both B and myself are in a better place to deal with the next steps of what's to come.
- Thank you for all your help with S; since I have met you I feel supported and confident in S’s progress and that everything is going to be ok
The benefits you will experience are…
- An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
- Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance whilst ensuring we meet the business need.
- Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
- Annual leave purchase policy.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
- Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Life insurance cover.
- A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.
- Staff dental and health plans.
- Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
- Supermarket discount.
You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training…
- To work within the CDC delivering a range of services, training and interventions to children, families and early years practitioners to support the development of children (aged 0-5 years) with SEND, some of whom may have complex needs and possibly life-limiting diagnoses.
- Manage a caseload of early years settings, children and families, adjusting support in accordance with child and family need. arranging and/or facilitating child focused meetings, undertaking and or supporting requests for Inclusion Funding and/or Education, Health and Care needs assessments (EHCPs) and signposting/referring to other services as appropriate.
- Offer specialist advice and knowledge to early years providers (face to face, telephone and email support) and work alongside setting staff modelling effective strategies to aid smooth transition and ongoing effective inclusion of children with additional needs and that legislative requirements in relation to SEN are understood and implemented effectively.
Interview date
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 1st October (pm) and Friday 4th October (am).
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment. Additionally, this approach allows the recruiting manager and the team to establish connections with potential team members.
We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note AI is prohibited during the interview process, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.
Want to ask us a question?
For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:
Donna Campbell - Early Years SEND and Inclusion Manager
Tel: 01344 354176
At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
No agencies please.
EY_SEND_and_Inclusion_Officer_JD_PS_Aug24.pdf
Candidate_Pack_-_People_Directorate_-_Sept_24.pdf