This is an exciting opportunity to join the Early Years Team as we have recently reviewed our service because of changing national and local priorities. This means we now have greater capacity to be more resilient, connected and able to achieve our ambition to provide a high-quality service which responds to the unique needs of early years children and their families, ensuring the best start in life for all. We are a highly experienced and committed team who constantly strive to improve outcomes for children, working with our partners to ensure that all children in Staffordshire can access their funded entitlements in high quality, inclusive settings.
You will lead and support a motivated team, working actively with settings to:
* Implement strategies and initiatives that promote inclusive practices to effectively meet the needs of all children
* Ensure that all children have high quality experiences that enable them to achieve the best possible outcomes
* Be adaptable and able to manage change to improve service effectiveness and delivery
You'll also be focused on improving outcomes for children through:
* Working collaboratively and strengthening links between settings, parents, education and other partners to ensure children and families receive the right help at the right time and make effective transitions to statutory education
You will have:
* Significant experience in managing early years services and teams
* Excellent communication skills, capable of working with a range of stakeholders
* Proven experience as a SENCo supporting others to promote inclusive practices and positive outcomes across early years
* Proven experience of leading projects or workstreams with a range of partners to improve outcomes for children and families, including children with SEND
* Significant knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice, Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023
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The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to our rewards and benefits.
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