Aim of Barnardo's Early Help Autism Service (EHA)
To work collaborativelywithEarlyHelppractitioners in delivering on the actions of the family's EarlyHelp plan, with a specific focus on autism
To support families with a child who has autism at an earlyintervention and preventative level; ensuring their development and wellbeing are supported.
To offer group work programmes to parents with children withautism
To support the development of knowledge and skills in the workforce on issues related to children withautism and their families.
To support the EarlyHelp service with engaging families in earlyintervention and preventative work, offering good practice guidance related to autism.
To attend EarlyHelpallocations meetings to supportwith advice and guidance on cases that are coming into the localities and provide specialist advise on cases where autism is a need.
Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31 March 2025 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's? values .? We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.
For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our? ?People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.? More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.