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Portage Home Visitor

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House / Stepping Stones - Telford
Salary
£22627 - £24,491 pro rata
Closing date
31 Jan 2022
Reference
TWC000005196

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Portage Home Visitor (0.5FTE)

NJC Scale 5  £22,627 - £24,491  per annum pro rata

Part time - 18.5 hours per week

Permanent

Are you seeking to work in a small enthusiastic team, working mainly in the community, travelling across both Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire on a daily basis, to deliver bespoke educational programmes to pre-school children with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?

Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire Portage Service are committed to early intervention, the promotion of inclusion and provide a highly professional, educational home visiting service for families of pre-school children with complex special educational needs. The positive outcomes for families and children make this area of work hugely rewarding.

To apply for the post you will need experience of working with pre-school children with SEND and their families, have an understanding of child development and knowledge of supporting vulnerable families. You will need a willingness to train as a Portage Home Visitor if not already qualified.

You will be well organised and self-motivated, a good listener and communicator. You will also have a tactful and sensitive approach.

See job description and person specification

See job description and person specification

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Kate Jordan, Portage Team Leader on tel: 01952 381045.

It is not possible for CVs to be accepted.

The appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance for the successful applicant.

We are committed to equality and diversity.

Closing date: 31st January 2022

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

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Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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