Early Years Practitioner

A career that's life-changing

Early Years Practitioner

Salary: £15,839 Pro-Rata

Location - Based from Ashington Children's Centre, Northumberland, Working across all services within the Locality.

Permanent Part-Time working 18.5 hours a week


How does Action for Children work?

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 370,000 children, young people and their families - but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do. That's where you come in.

What is the role?

Northumberland Children's Centres offer a one-stop shop for Children under 5 and their families and it is a vital part of our work. As a Children's Services Assistant, you will be working in our Northumberland Central Locality Cluster. Your role will be to initiate, involve and maintain participation and involvement of local parents/carers in all aspects of the Service.

You'll significantly improve young people's lives:

• By promoting the Children's Centres services and activities
• By carrying out introductory appointments with families, complete registration forms and promote Children's Centre services
• By planning & co-deliver activities with staff team (including volunteers) in the Children's Centres and in the community
• By delivering sensory induction as required
• Undertaking risk assessments to ensure a safe and secure environment for service delivery
• Working with families, individuals or in groups to build self-esteem, confidence and ability to develop strategies to help their child's speech and language skills
• To develop and maintain links with community groups across the locality
• To provide information to management to support collection of data for evaluation of services.

The person

What you will need?

To have experience of working with families and young children

To have experience of working with/in the community

To have experience in supporting a child's development.

NVQ level 3 in Childcare and Education or working towards



What are the rewards?

• 29 days holiday per year (pro rata)
• Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages

• Company pension scheme

• Discounts at major high street retailers

Plus, there's a lot more besides.

What are you waiting for? This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Apply now!

For Further information please contact Lindsey Kirk, Programme Manager on 01670819988.

Or to discuss application process please call Josh on 07834 836122 or email: to discuss.

Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!

This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users, therefore all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.