Early Years Advisor - Inclusion

Join Our Passionate Early Years Team – Make a Difference in Wokingham

Wokingham Borough Council is excited to offer a fantastic opportunities to join our well-established and highly regarded Early Years Team. We are currently recruiting a Full-Time, Permanent Early Years Advisors with a focus on Inclusion

About the Role

As an Early Years Advisor, you will play a crucial role in supporting and challenging early years education and childcare providers across Wokingham, including private, voluntary, independent (PVI) settings and childminders. You’ll help ensure high-quality, inclusive, and sufficient childcare places that meet statutory requirements and support the developmental needs of our youngest residents.

Your work will have a strategic impact as you collaborate with a wider Early Years Team, which includes:

• A Senior Educational Psychologist
• An Early Years SENCo
• The Portage Team

You’ll receive regular supervision from the Principal Educational Psychologist, alongside informal support from our experienced and friendly Early Years Advisors.

Key Responsibilities 

• Provide advice, support, and challenge to early years providers
• Support settings in achieving statutory requirements and delivering high-quality practice
• Champion inclusive practices 
• Contribute to strategic development and policy implementation
• Design and deliver training to settings and represent Early Years at a local authority level
• Access CPD opportunities including the NSPCC Train the Trainer safeguarding course

What We’re Looking For 

We welcome applications from professionals who:

• Have in-depth knowledge and experience of delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Are passionate about supporting quality early education
• Have excellent interpersonal skills to advise, train and support a wide range of providers
• Are excited to further their career within a Local Authority environment

Closing Date: Sunday 1st June at 23:59

Interview Dates: 13th, 17th and 19th June (Subject to change)

Please contact Madeleine Cooper (Senior Educational Psychologist - Early Years) on 0118 237 8870, madeleine.cooper@wokingham.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All 
successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.