Best Start Family Hub Early Years SEND Outreach teacher

Soulbury 5-8 £47,003- £51,125 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Driving License, DBS, QTS
Essential Qualification: Qualified Teacher Status (with an Early Years specialism) or Early Years Professional/Teacher Status. Plus recent post qualification of study or training (eg WellComm, ELKAN, I CAN, speech and language therapy training, Solihull Approach).
Interview date: 11 May 2026
For further information about this role, contact Jo Brown jo.brown@bolton.gov.uk

Please note: This post is a year-round position, with the occasional unsociable hours.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
Join us at Bolton Best Start Family Hubs and become part of an ambitious, creative team leading innovation for SEND children and their families across our eight Family Hubs. Guided by the Best Start in Life Strategy, we’re transforming how services connect and collaborate to make a real difference to local SEND families
With a model that blends vibrant hub activity and strong community based work, this is a fantastic opportunity to help shape new approaches, strengthen partnerships and contribute to a bold vision that puts SEND families at the centre of everything we do
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Best Start Family Hub Early Years SEND Outreach teacher within the Start Well service. This is a key role supporting our network of Best Start Family Hubs to deliver an exceptional, family friendly experience for parents and carers of SEND children and those with emerging need across the borough.

You will provide support, advice and training to our parents and carers, enabling them to access the right help at the right time. You will offer high quality guidance and signposting for families working collaboratively with a range of professionals including Start Well SEND Team

You will co-produce activities and opportunities for our SEND families that meet needs and improve outcomes for our families, as well as supporting families to access educational opportunities.

This post is office based across the eight Best Start Family Hubs and an essential car user allowance is payable as boroughwide travel is required between different Hubs and to other community-based location
About You
Are you an enthusiastic advocate for parents and carers and appreciate the barriers many families face?
Are you confident to deliver Best Start Family Hub sessions and programmes for SEND families and professionals guided by need?

Do you value co-production and are you an active listener?

Are you an advocate of early preventative work in early years SEND?

Do you like working as part of a team, sharing ideas and strategies, and are you passionate about professional development?

Are you passionate about early years education, early years SEND and the impact that working in partnership with families, parents, and carers can make to give children the Best Start in Life?

Are you an excellent Early Years Lead and an experienced SENCO within Early Years?

We are looking for an influencer who can work effectively and innovatively with a range of partners across early education and within the context of Belonging in Bolton and the SEND Code of Practice.

You will be a strong communicator who can actively promote early identification and early intervention through inclusive integrated care and education for all children from birth to 5 years and strengthen the knowledge of the early years workforce.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

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