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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Early Years Support Worker to join the Children & Families Service, working with Health Visitor teams. As an integral part of the service you will work with families in Angus and support Health Visiting teams to achieve our aim of enabling children to reach their full potential.
NHS Tayside is committed to improving the life chances and opportunities for children. We work closely with our partners in health and other agencies e.g. GP’s, Family Nurse Partnership, Early Years Workers, Allied Health Professional, Multi Agency Partners and Voluntary Services. You will be working with a diverse community delivering early intervention including Parenting courses, Child Behaviour Management, Sleep, and Nutritional support.
We are seeking individuals who treat all with compassion and kindness to apply if you are a qualified NNEB, Diploma in Childcare and Education or NVQ Child Care Level 3 Qualification with experience we would like to hear from you.
You should have sound knowledge of child development and learning through play activities and have previous experience of working with children.
You should be willing and able to travel across the locality
You will be required to achieve the mandatory Induction standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland and to comply with the Code of Conduct throughout your employment.
You will gain a varied experience working in Tayside including opportunities to develop your early years practice within urban and / or rural areas. All Early Years Support Workers will be trained in The Solihull Approach, we encourage and support ongoing CPD for Early Years Support Workers and provide individual learning logs for practitioners.
We are seeking individuals to apply who have excellent communication skills are team players willing to support change. If you have the appropriate qualifications with experience, we would like to hear from you.
Please feel free to contact for informal enquiries: Mhairi Thompson Team Leader ( 07800527789 – mhairi.thompson@nhs.scot or Denise Colvin Team Leader ( 07812484288 – denise.colvin@nhs.scot
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.