Lancashire County Council
Best Start in Life Development Worker
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We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our Neighbourhood Team as a Development Worker within the Best Start in Life programme in BURNLEY.
This rewarding role is ideal for a candidate with significant knowledge and experience of working in the early years sector. Working under the guidance of the Best Start in Life Senior, the successful candidate will take a lead role in the planning, coordination, and delivery of evidence-based Best Start in Life programmes, helping to ensure children and families receive the best possible support from the earliest stages of life.
The successful candidate will also bring experience of line management, with the ability to motivate, support and develop a team to achieve positive outcomes and successfully deliver the aims of the Best Start in Life model. Strong organisational, communication skills are essential within this role.
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.
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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 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.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
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Local Government Reorganisation
The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2029.
If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2029, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment legislation.
Throughout this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.
Please note: this role is not open to international sponsorship.
Job Description and Person Specification [https://lancashire-county-council-umbraco-sites.uksouth01.umbraco.io/media/32rdp0cr/bsil-development-worker-jd-and-role-profile-burnley-1.pdf]
For more information about this opportunity, e-mail Javaria Iqbal - Neighbourhood Senior at javaria.iqbal@lancashire.gov.uk or Danielle Tomlinson BSiL Neighbourhood Senior at danielle.tomlinson@lancashire.gov.uk
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