Early Intervention Officer

Overview

How you’ll make a difference

As an Early Intervention Officer, you will upskill sector leaders to engage early years practitioners in further developing their Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) knowledge, practice and skills.

What you will be doing

• Working closely with other colleagues, you will ensure preschool, nursery and childminding settings across South Gloucestershire are supported to develop and embed inclusive practice in order to meet the needs of the children in their care.
• Regularly, you will develop excellent practice in terms of care, teaching and learning through an inclusive approach and provide differentiated early years provision for all children, particularly those with special education needs.
• It will be key for you to promote partnership working with parents, carers and outside agencies such as health.
• It will be your responsibility to be involved in a diverse range of tasks such as leading training, role modelling practical strategies in settings alongside practitioners and children and supporting the completion of paperwork for Education Health Care needs assessments and annual reviews.
• By providing training, advice and specialist guidance, you will ensure settings effectively meet the needs of all children, particularly those with identified special needs.

What we need from you

• It is essential that you hold a relevant childcare qualification for example, NVQ3 in Early Years and Childcare, teaching qualification or equivalent relevant qualification.
• We require you to have at least two years considerable experience of working with children in an early year setting, and particularly those children who have special educational needs. You will also have experience of planning and delivering training to groups and/or other professionals.
• Given the elements of this role, you will be able to plan and organise your day-to-day activities and be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of your colleagues and customers in order to meet deadlines and to enable children to access provision.
• You must have a good understanding of the statutory requirements for preschool settings. You will also need the ability to achieve a good understanding of local government, enabling you to effectively research into early years legislation, regulations and best practice to record findings in a clear, concise format.
• It will be key for you to have good interpersonal and communication skills to support partnership working and to build relationships with contacts and customers.
• It is essential that you are competent in evidence gathering to fulfil assessment criteria and have good report writing, presentation and IT skills.

What you need to know

• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office in Badminton Road, Yate and from home.
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.  
• Please note that due to the nature of this role, it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained. 

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 5th November 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. 
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.    
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.  
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.  
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.  

 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.   

• We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.  
• We’re working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.    
• We’re investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.   

 

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.    
We’re making a difference, be part of it!     
To view the full job description, please click this link: Early Intervention Officer – Job Description