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Portage Child Development Officer Employment Contract UK

Name: Portage Child Development Officer Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: child_day_care_child_development_officer_portage_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set respectful home-based early support around family goals, observation and coordinated specialist boundaries.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Deliver family-centred development plans, deliver structured supported home visits, and produce accurate progress and liaison records.

Workplace context: Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering service caseload referrals and consent. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering home visits goals and family coaching. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding lone work travel and resources. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering records supervision and multi-agency liaison. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The officer cannot diagnose, prescribe treatment, promise outcomes, share family information without authority or work outside lone-visit controls. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the service model and client group
the referral assessment and consent process
the caseload visit and travel pattern
the safeguard lone-work and escalation controls
the record supervision and liaison systems

Day-to-day operating brief

What Child Development Officer (Portage) work looks like in practice

A Portage Child Development Officer works with families of young children who have additional developmental needs, often through structured home visits and play-based goals. Terms should define service model, caseload, referral and consent, home and community visits, assessment boundaries, family coaching, goal planning, resources, safeguarding, lone work, travel, confidential records, multi-agency communication, supervision and the distinction between educational support and clinical diagnosis or treatment.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Assess support needs within service scope.
Plan and review play-based development goals.
Coach families and model practical activities.
Coordinate appropriately with early-years and specialist teams.
Maintain consent safeguard and visit records.

A realistic working scenario

A family asks the officer to interpret a medical report and recommend treatment. The employee records the concern and coordinates the appropriate clinician rather than practising beyond the portage role.

Outputs to agree

family-centred development plans
structured supported home visits
accurate progress and liaison records

Records and evidence

Referral consent and assessment.
Visit goal activity and family feedback.
Risk safeguard and lone-work contact.
Review liaison outcome and closure.
Child records.
Attendance records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Nursery Manager, Room Leader, SENCO or Early Years Lead. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The officer cannot diagnose, prescribe treatment, promise outcomes, share family information without authority or work outside lone-visit controls.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Coach families and model practical activities.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Workplace context

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required safeguarding training.

Contract priorities

service caseload referrals and consent
home visits goals and family coaching
safeguarding lone work travel and resources
records supervision and multi-agency liaison

Information the employer should prepare

the service model and client group
the referral assessment and consent process
the caseload visit and travel pattern
the safeguard lone-work and escalation controls
the record supervision and liaison systems

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Child Development Officer (Portage) contract is built around

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Work setting

Nursery, childcare, early years or approved education premises.

Primary duties

Assess support needs within service scope.
Plan and review play-based development goals.
Coach families and model practical activities.
Coordinate appropriately with early-years and specialist teams.

Tools and training to confirm

Early-years record systems.
Learning observation tools.
Nursery communication systems.
Play and learning equipment.

Governance focus

Ofsted context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering service caseload referrals and consent. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering home visits goals and family coaching. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering safeguarding lone work travel and resources.

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Role wording

Child Development Officer (Portage) duties

Deliver family-centred development plans, deliver structured supported home visits, and produce accurate progress and liaison records.

Assess support needs within service scope. Plan and review play-based development goals. Coach families and model practical activities. Coordinate appropriately with early-years and specialist teams. Maintain consent safeguard and visit records.

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What is added to the finished contract

The officer cannot diagnose, prescribe treatment, promise outcomes, share family information without authority or work outside lone-visit controls.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering service caseload referrals and consent.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering home visits goals and family coaching.

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