We are currently recruiting for a new and exciting position of an Early Years and Family Educator working in Grantham Lincolnshire and surrounding communities.
Do you have the passion and commitment to make a difference to a family’s life?
You would be joining an experienced and dedicated team of early years and family educators, working across Lincolnshire children’s centres and local communities to deliver the new Early Years and Family Service, supporting all children to have the best start in life. This is an exciting opportunity to work with children and families providing high quality fun and educational sessions, while supporting child development, early learning, positive health outcomes and positive parenting, including emotional literacy and working as part of an integrated early years team. The Early Years Alliance would provide you with exciting training and the opportunity to learn new skills and experiences to support your professional development.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time employees
- Additional annual leave for long service
- Enhanced sickness pay.
- Employer and employee contribution pension scheme
- Birthday leave so you can have a day off for your birthday dedicated to you and your well-being.
- Regular access to internal and external learning and development opportunities
- A Recruitment Referral Payment Scheme, giving you an introductory payment of up to £300 if someone you have referred to the Alliance takes up a role in the charity.
- Vitality membership wellness and fitness app – including lots of great health benefits, rewards, telephone, and face to face counselling.
- Savings of up to 25% on O2 Refresh Airtime Plan on any new phone or tablets.
- A dedicated mental health First Aider to support your mental well-being.
Main duties of the role
- To provide high-quality educational and fun sessions for children in their early years and their families to support child development, early learning, positive health outcomes and positive parenting, including emotional literacy.
- To plan, deliver and evaluate all sessions and activities to encourage the engagement of parents in their children’s learning, development and wellbeing in their early years to have the greatest opportunity of reaching or exceeding their expected level of development and be ready for school.
- To track the progress of vulnerable and identified children who are delayed with their development, in partnership with other early years settings the child may be attending and in accordance with the EYFS Framework.
- To work as part of an integrated early years team alongside other professionals so families can access seamless support to meet their different needs within their local communities and support parents to access effective antenatal and postnatal care through partnership working with health providers.
- To support parents/carers of Lincolnshire children to access their child’s Healthy Child Programme (HCP) mandated checks and support their child’s physical and emotional health and wellbeing through health promotion and partnership working with the Children’s Health 0-19 Service.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education or equivalent qualification, or a health and social care degree level with relevant early years and childcare modules, or Early Years Teacher Status.
- Experience, knowledge and understanding of child development, EYFS and how children learn through play, talk and discovery.
- Proven effective communication skills – able to communicate effectively in person and in writing, with professionals, staff, early help and social care teams and other organisations.
- Experience of a successful multi-agency approach with professionals, early help teams, social care teams and other early years settings.
- Knowledge of the aims, objectives and ethos of Children’s Centres and other national developments of services for children aged 0-5 years.
- Good understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding children and young people and relevant safeguarding processes and procedures.
A comprehensive induction and support package will be provided to the successful candidate.
Mileage from an agreed base is paid at 35p per mile.
Hours per week: 25
Weeks per year: 52
Interview date: TBC
This post is fixed term until March 2026, with a possible 2-year extension
All successful applicants will be required to register and subscribe with the DBS Update Service (if you have not already done so) and undertake a new enhanced disclosure and barring check (even if you have an existing DBS Certificate).