Family Play Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Inverness, United Kingdom Care and Learning Alliance (CALA) Full time

Care and Learning Alliance are Highland’s leading Early Years and Childcare charity focused on securing the best outcomes for children and their families.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, organised, enthusiastic and highly motivated Family Play Practitioner to join CALA.

The Family Play Practitioner (FPP) will be a dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner, passionate about the importance of play for young children and families. An ability to work flexibly, using your own initiative in planning and delivering the work is a key requirement.

The post holder is line managed by the Head of Quality, Learning and Workforce Development. The post is home based and will involve some extensive daily travel from the Inverness area. Most hours will be worked flexibly Monday - Friday with some occasional weekend work as required. The Family Play Practitioner (FPP) is employed by and will be accountable to the Directors of Care and Learning Alliance.

**Professional Values and Personal Commitment**

The FPP will demonstrate enthusiasm and sensitivity and act as an advocate for the benefits of play in supporting all aspects of children’s learning and development. They will set high standards for their work and encourage others to aim for high quality in all aspects of their work with children and families and other professionals to secure positive outcomes.

**Main duties of post**
- The FPP will:_
- Work effectively as a part of a team delivering on various play-based projects to ensure high quality play and learning opportunities for children that meet the outcomes set out by the funders.
- Develop strong effective relationships with staff, parents and children within each of the projects service users.
- Plan and support the delivery of high-quality play sessions face to face engaging children, young people and families.
- Plan, organise and deliver School/ELC/Parent/Toddlers/Community workshops to promote the understanding of how the inclusion of access to high quality play enriches the lives of children and links with improved attainment.
- Maintain clear records relating to sessions delivered and other support work including reporting on programme outcomes and impact.
- Work flexibly in the variety of Toddler/ELC/School/SAC and community settings, raising awareness, identifying and reducing barriers to ensure children and young people have access to fun, open ended and inclusive play.
- Work closely with colleagues in CALA and partners to ensure the aims/outcomes of all projects involved are fully met.
- Communicate timeously and as agreed with Line Manager.
- Perform any other duty reasonably falling within the scope of the post as determined by the Line Manager.

**Professional Knowledge and Understanding**
- The FPP will:_
- Have a secure understanding of how children learn and develop and how to support each child’s individual needs, interests and character.
- Have a secure understanding of Play Principles and values.
- Be aware of the previous and current Play Research Evidence and Evaluation Reports to support informed delivery of play across CALA services.

**Professional Skills and Abilities**
- The FPP will_**:_
- Have excellent communication (oral, written, ICT, presentational).
- Have effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
- Ensure a highly professional and positive attitude is always presented.
- Value and respect the contribution of others.
- Value and promote fairness, diversity, social inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice.

**Professional Learning and Development**
- The FPP will:_
- Develop and value themselves and others by taking responsibility for their professional learning and development.
- Positively contribute to the internal CALA support, supervision and appraisal processes to aid on-going development.
- Seek to achieve continuous improvement and leadership skills through on-going reflection and evaluation of the service provided.
- Engage in professional reflection.

**Care and Learning Alliance is an Equal Opportunities Employer**

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £13.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Inverness: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Childcare: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/04/2024

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