We are excited to be advertising for an Early Years Practitioner to support our Early Child Development Pathway of care in North Devon, Exeter, Torbay and South Devon. This vacancy is for 30 hours per week with a North Devon base and operating across a county-wide pathway.

The Early Child Development Pathway provides assessment and therapy plans for children aged 0 to 5 years where there is evidence of possible or significant delay that is affecting the child in two or more areas of their development.

The Early Years Practitioner will be the named and key contact for the family during the assessment period.

The role holder will offer assessment, support and intervention to families.

Main duties of the job

• To observe, record and assess a child’s developmental needs either at home or in an educational setting as part of the specialist assessment.
• To support assessment appointments as indicated, which may be within the home, community-based or in the assessment centre.
• To offer home and early years setting visits as indicated to gather play-based observations and information as part of the assessment process.
• To offer, in the environment most appropriate for the child, advice, support and strategies tailored to the child’s specific needs during the assessment pathway.
• To offer support, advice and strategies to families as agreed in the post-assessment therapy recommendations and in an environment most appropriate to supporting the child’s needs.
• To attend and contribute to Team around the family meetings or safeguarding meetings to share assessment recommendations and strategies.
• To support a caseload of named children within the early years assessment pathway under the guidance of the lead professional for the Early Years Practitioner team.
• To complete a play-based assessment and recommendations in a written format as part of the multi-professional assessment outcome.
• To support and offer evidence-based strategies to children. This is under the agreement and guidance of the Lead Professional for the Early Years Practitioner team. To actively participate and contribute to learning opportunities within the Early Child Development pathway across the wider CFHD footprint.