Best Start in Life Development Worker

Salary: £28,142-£32,061
Position Type: Full Time
Hours per Week: 37
Contract Type: Fixed term
Location: Burnley, Lancashire

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Neighbourhood Team in the Burnley District. The successful candidate will bring a wealth of skills, knowledge, and experience to support and enhance the team. Ideally, applicants will have previous line management experience and a strong commitment to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families through the successful delivery of the Best Start in Life programme across Burnley.

Job Overview

A full-time position, based on a 37-hour working week. Core operating hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm, the role requires flexibility to support an inclusive service offer. As such, working hours may extend between 8:00am and 8:00pm on weekdays and will also include occasional weekend working.

Key Responsibilities

• Working under the guidance of the Best Start in Life Neighbourhood SFSW, post holders will take a lead role in the planning and delivery of Best Start in Life Evidence Based Interventions that support Parenting and the Home Learning Environment, supporting children to achieve a good level of development by reception age.
• You will work alongside colleagues, partners and the community to support the design and delivery of Best Start in Life programmes for children, adults, and families, shaped by the needs of the service curriculum.
• The Best Start in Life Development Worker will be aligned to one of the ten delivery team areas; Burnley.
• In this highly rewarding role, you will have responsibility for receiving requests for parenting support, triaging these requests alongside parents / carers to ensure access to a parenting offer that best meets their child and family's needs.
• As a valued member of Lancashire County Council’s Early Help Service, you will be responsible for working with all community services, parents, carers and the wider community to ensure that there is a high take up of evidence-based programmes (PEEPS Learning Together, Triple P, Easy Peesy) across the Family Hubs Network, especially the BSiL Family Hubs.
• Also to ensure that parents and carers fully complete programmes, achieve positive outcomes, take part in the evaluation of programmes and receive recognition.
• The BSiL Development Worker will work alongside the Senior Family Support Worker, Parenting Education Workers, Neighbourhood Group Workers and Outreach Workers to support and ensure the high-quality delivery of Evidence Based Interventions. This will also include supporting Community Connectors to complete training to deliver the PEEPs Learning Together programme across Family Hubs and Outreach Settings.
• The successful candidate will deliver drop-in support services at the Best Start in Life Centre of Excellence, community locations utilising the information vehicles and community venues to proactively engage underrepresented communities and families of children that are least likely to achieve a good level of development by reception age.
• The BSiL Development Workers will work in partnership with services providing support and Best Start in Life Development Worker 16/01/24 services to children aged 0-5 years to further develop a local joined up approach to the delivery of the Best Start in Life Offer.
• Through building open, trusting, and respectful relationships, your work will help families make informed decisions and support children in reaching their full potential.
• The postholder will have line management responsibility for the Parenting Education Worker and Outreach Workers across a district.
• Supporting the service in the delivery and continuous improvement of early help services for children, young people, and families in line with the vision for Children and Families in Lancashire developed by the Children and Families Partnership Board which states: Children, young people and their families are safe, healthy and achieve their full potential.