Programme Coordinator – Healthy Active Little Ones

at  East Sussex County Council

HEALTHY ACTIVE LITTLE ONE COORDINATOR (A FIXED TERM POST UNTIL MARCH 2025)

East Sussex County Council is committed to enabling the best possible start for all babies and young children. Establishing a healthy lifestyle in the early years can play a crucial role in promoting and protecting health throughout childhood and in later life.
We are currently looking to recruit a Healthy Active Little Ones Programme Co-ordinator to join a team who co-ordinate and deliver a programme to support early years settings (Family Hubs, private and maintained nurseries and childminders) to adopt a whole settings approach to supporting children and families health and wellbeing.
This programme is an exciting opportunity to make a difference by supporting early years settings to enhance their practice in all prime areas including healthy eating, physical activity, oral health, emotional wellbeing, accident prevention and speech and language for the children and families that they work with.
It involves meeting with settings and auditing their current practice then supporting them in developing this through regular contact, delivering training, sending out newsletters and creating resources. The settings journey of improvement can then be celebrated through a recognition award scheme.
This role is based in Family Hubs and involves working with a range of partners including the ESCC Public Health team and have access to training to develop your skills.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Have a passion for supporting families in having a healthy lifestyle
• Are self-motivated
• Have an ability to meet travel requirements of the post
• Are physically able to carry out all tasks as required

The post holder will have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for the promotion of health and wellbeing during children’s early years. The post holder will be required to regularly travel to early years settings across the county.
Existing East Sussex staff could ask for a secondment to this post with approval from their manager.
For more information and to apply for this role please follow the ‘Apply Now’ button above and log onto the jobs page of our website. When completing your application be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.
Interviews will be taking place face to face on 3rd April 2024.
Working with families is a privilege and offers the chance to turn kindness into a career. How often are you able to use your professional guidance to enhance the lives of others? In this job you can every day.
We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.
For an informal discussion regarding this role please contact
Michelle Hocking, Community Support Manager
Email: Michelle.Hocking@eastsussex.gov.uk
The best thing about working for East Sussex is knowing every person who works here cares about our residents and wants to achieve the best outcomes for them. Casey, Project Officer

Please refer the Job description for details