Early Help Support Worker - Dartford Children's Centre

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has become available to work within Dartford Children Centres, as part of KCC Integrated Children’s Services. We provide universal and targeted support for children and families aged 0-8 within our Children centres.

Kent Children’s Centres offer early years sessions to support learning through play, using the EYFS as the guidance for supporting development. We welcome families, providing health services, training opportunities and parenting support. The centres are placed at the heart of communities to enable parents to access the help they need and provide the best start in life for their young children.

About You:

- You will hold a recognised qualification and have professional work background relevant to the job you are applying for e.g., early years/family support/youth work/health/education.   

- Be passionate about changing outcomes for children and young people. 

- Have good communication skills to engage children and young people and families to participate in Open Access services. This will include working with parents, and you will demonstrate the ability to establish warm, respectful, and supportive relationships with children across all age groups along with their parents, families, and carers.

- A team player as well as able to work on own initiative.

- Have knowledge of safeguarding and relevant legislation.

- Ability to work in partnership across a range of providers including Health, Schools, and voluntary organisations.

- You will have a base; however, you will be required to work across the sites and the District as required.

- Bases for these 2 vacancies will be Oakfield Children's Centre and Swanscombe Children's Centre

In return, you will join established teams and work with supportive colleagues and have access to a workforce development plan for your professional growth. Join us!

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service

Interviews: 17th July 2023 at Oakfield Children’s Centre, Dartford, DA1 2SW.

Contact Details

Please contact Andrea Parker for any further information on 03000 419 367 or email andrea.parker@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.