Early Support Worker

An excellent opportunity has come up within the Early Support Service (ESS), Early Years Inclusion Support (EYIS) in Birmingham. We are seeking to appoint an experienced and qualified early years practitioner that has a passion for supporting children who are 0-4 years old with special educational needs/disabilities (SEND).

You will need to have an NNEB or equivalent Level 3 education, health or social care qualification. Recent successful experience working with early years children with SEND is essential. A sound working knowledge of the statutory guidance: Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years (Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care, 2014/15) and the Early Years Foundation stage curriculum is required.

The Early Support Worker role involves working city-wide with parents and carers to support babies and children through face-to-face visits at home and through specialist service led groups in the community. These babies and pre-school children are yet to attend an early-years setting.

For office work, we have the use of two office bases: Story Wood Children’s Centre in the North of the city, and Adderley Children’s Centre in the East.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.