Job ref: RBC6521
Location: Deeplish Children’s Centre, Hare Street, Rochdale, OL11 1JT
Derby Children’s Centre, Derby Street, Heywood, OL10 4QL
Salary: £18,070 -£20,138 per annum
Grade: 4
Working Hours: 37 hours per week at Deeplish Children’s Centre
18½ hours per week at Derby Street Children’s Centre
Closing Date: 11th June 2017
Interview Date: To be arranged
Rochdale Sure Start Children’s Centres are places where children and their families can receive seamless integrated services and information and where they can access help and support from multi-disciplinary teams of professionals.
Working to deliver better outcomes for children and their families Children’s Centres are based on the concept of providing integrated education, care, family support, health services and support with employment being key factors in determining good outcomes for children and their parents.
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic Centre Workers to join our dedicated team. You must be able to provide a stimulating play based environment, deliver high quality activities to children and their families and work within a multi-agency team. Some of the sessions we provide are held within the local community.
The successful candidates will have an excellent knowledge and understanding of the development of early year’s services, working in partnership with early year’s practitioners, partner settings and parents/carers in order to meet OFSTED requirements.
You will be required to have an Early Years qualification at NVQ level 3 or above.
Appointment to this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS and background checks.
There are currently 2 vacancies available:
· 37 hours per week at Deeplish Centre’s Centre.
· 18 ½ hours per week at Derby Street Children’s Centre.
Please advise on your application form which position you are applying for.
All positions are available until 31st March 2018 subject to review or where covering maternity until the substantive post holder returns.
Please click here for job description Children's Centre Worker.pdf
Please click on the following link to view Terms and Conditions April 2017.pdf
Support for Armed Forces
ARMED FORCES INTERVIEW SCHEME
Rochdale MBC have member approval to implement a proposal to guarantee an interview from ex-service personnel applicants where they meet certain qualifying criteria.
The aim of this proposal is to deliver the councils commitment to further ‘the Armed Forces Community Covenant’ to ensure that ex-armed forces personnel are not disadvantaged, when applying for job vacancies, as a result of their service.
Ex-service personnel will be guaranteed an interview under the Scheme where they meet the following conditions:
They must meet the essential criteria for the post set out within the Person Specification.
The armed forces must be their last known long term employer.
They have been looking for a job for between 6-24 months since they left the Armed Forces.