Portage Worker

The Portage team is a small team working with infants and young children who have complex special educational needs and disabilities, and their families, within both the home and early years contexts.

The team works closely with all of the professionals who work at the Child Development Centre, as well as those working in Early Years services across Bexley.

The team sits within a large, multi-professional team where there are regular opportunities for joint working.

The Portage team is a highly valued team across Bexley and consistently receives excellent feedback from those it works with. It is currently rated as 5* by the National Portage Association.

We are looking to appoint a motivated, hard-working and empathetic individual to take on the role of home teaching worker. You must be able to work sensitively with families to enhance the development of their young children who have complex additional needs.

We would welcome applications from people who have experience of working directly with young children and their families and have knowledge of children’s developmental needs, particularly those with complex special educational needs and disabilities. A teaching or childcare qualification would be desirable.

You would need to have the ability to work as a member of a team, as well as independently, to produce accurate reports to timescales and to manage a multi-faceted workload effectively.

Completion of the National Portage Workshop training would be desirable.

In return, we offer a competitive salary of GBP 23,526 - 24,576 per year, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.