We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as A Educator – Early Years
We are looking for a dynamic, resilient and innovative individual with QTS to contribute to the support and challenge for early education and childcare settings across St Helens.
The Early Years Quality and Inclusion Team provide support and challenge to a range of early years providers including full day-care, pre-schools, child-minders and out of school provision to promote quality improvements and maintain high-quality provision. The team provide advice and guidance on the quality of provision and the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage as well as supporting setting to meet Ofsted requirements and those of other relevant legislation.
The post holder will deliver advice, information and support to early education and childcare providers, and promote the development of high quality, inclusive early education and to ensure the best outcomes for all children.
The post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of training across the sector to support the development of the early years' workforce in St Helens. They will ensure that the early years' sector in St Helens is effectively advised and supported to improve the outcomes for children.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing us at lidiawolos@sthelens.gov.uk.
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Borough Council is a Disability Confident Leader. Disability Confident Leaders lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.
