# Best Start Inclusion Practitioner

**Company**: London Borough of Hillingdon
**Location**: Uxbridge, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 36,693 - 37,794 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Hillingdon's Family Hubs and Children's Centres at a time of continued investment in our Best Start in Life programme.

We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Best Start Inclusion Practitioner to help shape and deliver high-quality support for children aged 0-5 with additional needs and disabilities and their families.

Working within a Family Hub and local community settings, you will provide specialist advice, targeted interventions and coordinated support that helps children achieve their full potential.

**You Will**

- Provide specialist advice, support and interventions to families of children with SEND to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.

- Support families to understand their child's needs and navigate education, health and care systems.

- Promote inclusive access to Family Hub services, ensuring children with additional needs can participate in universal provision.

- Deliver targeted interventions and support packages for children with emerging or identified SEND.

- Lead on early identification of developmental needs through screening, observation and partnership working.

- Promote and help embed the graduated approach (Assess-Plan-Do-Review) within early years and Family Hub delivery.

- Work closely with Health Visiting (0–19), midwifery, early years settings and schools to coordinate care and support pathways.

- Facilitate smooth transitions into early years and primary education, particularly for children with SEND.

- Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and provide consultancy and “expert at hand” advice to practitioners.

- Provide specialist guidance and informal support to Family Hub staff and early years practitioners on SEND inclusion.

- Contribute to workforce development through coaching, modelling best practice and delivering training.

- Maintain accurate family case records and ensure compliance with statutory guidance and local procedures.

- Monitor outcomes for children and families, identify gaps in provision and contribute to service improvement.

- Support the embedding of SEND inclusion within universal and targeted services and promote integrated pathways across Family Hubs, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and child health services.

- Strengthen parent/carer confidence and resilience through co-production and person-centred approaches.

**About You**

- Experience of working with children and families, particularly within early years, SEND or family support.

- Strong knowledge and understanding of SEND inclusion and early identification.

- The ability to provide specialist advice and support to families and professionals.

- Experience of partnership working across early years, health, education and wider services.

- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

- The ability to work collaboratively with families and professionals using co-production and person-centred approaches.

- The ability to identify gaps in provision, monitor outcomes and contribute to service improvement.

- A commitment to safeguarding, equality, inclusion and improving outcomes for children and families.

**Benefits**

- Flexible Working Hours

- 36 Hour Week

- Generous Holiday Entitlement

- Hillingdon Sports & Leisure

- Salary Sacrifice Schemes

- Cycle to Work

- Local Government Pension Scheme

- Perkbox Benefits

- Mental Health Support and Counselling Services

- Travel Support

- Trade Union Membership

## Skills

### Required
- SEND inclusion
- early identification
- specialist advice
- partnership working
- communication skills

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