Portage Home Visitor

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 per week - term time plus 1 week

Salary: NJC Grade G SCP 25-28 £36,363 - £39,152 pro rata per annum

Closing Date: Thursday 3rd September 2026 at 12 Noon

Do you have a level 3 qualification in Early Years, with a background of working with young children and their families, a strong knowledge and understanding of child development and considerable experience of working with young children with special educational needs?

Are you keen to make a difference to the lives of young children with additional needs and their families?

Are you committed to inclusion and to giving every child the best possible start in life?

If you can answer yes to all of these, we would love for you to come and join our Portage team, working with children and families across Blackpool, in their own homes and in the community, supporting their learning and development and giving them a strong educational start.

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Are you a Blackpool resident aged between 16-24? Would you benefit from some free guidance on producing a quality application for job vacancies such as this one? Blackpool Council?s Youth Hub - The Platform, has highly skilled Employment Advisers that can support you with demonstrating how you can evidence you meet the Essential and Desirable criteria requirements on a Job Description.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)