Early Years Practitioner – Infant Mental Health
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
25/07/2024
Advert End Date:
09/08/2024 12:00
Employment Location:
Learning and Early Help - Family Help and Adolescent Services
Further Information
Early Years Practitioner – Infant Mental Health
(Learning and Early Help - Family Help and Adolescent Services)
£31,364 pa
Fixed Term contracts until March 2025
Secondments are welcome to apply. Please seek approval from your Line Manager before applying
South Tyneside Council are one of 75 Local Authorities who have been awarded grant funding to implement, develop and sustain a Family Hubs Network working with families of children aged 0-19 and up to 25 with SEND. We want all families in South Tyneside to have access to the services and the support they need within easy reach of their home, so we’re making sure our families are at the heart of everything we do.
We are seeking applicants who will bring a can-do approach, with a positive energy and strengths based aspirational outlook for the families and communities they are responsible for serving.
The postholder will undertake the delivery of Infant Mental Health interventions through direct parent/carer support and role modelling practice with children, ensuring high quality practice and provision to enable children to reach their optimum potential.
The role will provide universal, prevention and intervention support, activities and programmes to children, parents/carers and families in line with the Infant Mental Health offer. The postholder will facilitate and co-facilitate packages of innovative and evidence-based group work and individual programmes to improve outcomes for children.
A sound understanding of the child development, ability to engage families, and experience of providing group programmes is required, but most important is the enthusiasm to assure our services are the very best they can be. Postholders will bring experience of working in partnership with parents and multi-agency working.
For full details of the positions, please see the attached job description and person specification.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Michelle Barnes on 07557204002 or michelle.barnes@southtyneside.gov.uk
We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
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Closing date: Noon, 9 August 2024
Interviews will take place on 27 August 2024