Start Well Early Years Consultant NEW Council £48,508 - £52,761 Fixed Expires on

Grade scp 5 £ 48,508 to scp 8 £ 52,761, pro rata £9,491 to £10,324, essential car user allowance up to £963pa pay award pending

Contract:

fixed term 6 months

Hours:

7.24 per week
Essential requirement: full driving licence
Essential qualification:
Evidence of recent post qualification of study or training (eg Well Comm, ELKAN, I CAN, speech and language therapy training, Solihull Approach).
Interview date: TBC
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This is an exciting role within Bolton Start Well Service for an Early Years Consultant.
Come and join a great team in the Start Well Service to ensure Bolton can meet the needs of children and families in Early years education and deliver the Best Start in Life plan.
The role is to lead and support inclusive, high quality early years providers to raise attainment for all children and narrow the gap between the most disadvantaged and the rest and improve school readiness age 5 years.
The post holder will work with Early education and childcare providers including schools, nurseries, childminders and out of school provision to improve outcomes for children by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
The post is fixed term for 1 day per week.

An experienced, qualified Early Years leader, you will have excellent knowledge of the EYFS framework and the Best Start in Life strategy and be passionate about inclusive early years education
You can understand the unique needs and challenges of the sector, you are confident to implement the local authority's statutory duties for early education and childcare, ensuring funded providers meet the requirements of the Bolton Early Education Funding Agreement.
The post holder will be a leader who understands the current challenges faced by providers of Early education and childcare and be able to use a variety of approaches to support providers to ensure their settings are safe, inclusive and effective.
You will have a sound understanding of EYFS statutory expectations and inspection frameworks, the SEND code of practice and Safeguarding.
We need a strong communicator and confident presenter who can share ideas and strengthen the knowledge of the early year’s workforce.
You are a productive team member who can prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes.

• exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes
• generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory…