Early Years Worker

Salary: £26,000 per year

Action for Children

Salary: £26,000 per year pro rata

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part Time 34 hours a week, 4 days a week Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm 

Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire

Perks: Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, check out more on our careers portal. 

Closing Date: Midnight on 3rd May, if we receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised.

We’re thrilled that you’re considering a career with Action for Children so here’s what you need to know…. 

About Us 

At Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood. Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to their lives. 

About the Role: 

By working as part of a team to create an environment in which children’s individual needs are met and high standards of care are provided, which meet the requirements set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

HMP Styal Mother and Baby Unit is a 9 bed unit that offers holistic support for mothers and their babies who are often vulnerable and may have complex emotional and health needs. We work closely with a range of professionals and as part of a team to offer the best positive outcomes for the mothers on the unit and this is a vital part of our work.

You’ll be working in our HMP New Styal Baby Unit project, offering Ofsted registered nursery provision, under a key worker system. You will provide holistic support to the mothers and babies on the unit including the delivery of a variety of parenting programmes, and will provide the prison with monthly reports, keep comprehensive running records and detailed information/reports for professional meetings and as part of social care assessments.

The difference

You’ll significantly improve young people’s lives:

• By supporting vulnerable children and families.
• By role modelling good practice.
• By promoting child development.
• By offering a multi-agency approach.

As an Early Years Worker, you’ll be: 

You’ll need:

• Experience dealing with multi-agencies.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• The ability to build good rapport with people in the team and the vulnerable mothers.
• Must have worked with vulnerable people (children or adults).
• Emotional resilience.
• The ability to build and develop relationships both professionally with colleagues and with the mums in the unit.
• Must have Level 3 Early Years qualification.
• To drive.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we’d love to hear from you. 

We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with and we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves. 

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. 

We can’t wait to hear from you – stay safe and happy.

Application Process: There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Top Tip… Refer to the job description when writing your Supporting Statement.

Interview Date: – 26th May this date can change in special circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this. 

Talent Pool: We’d like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if you’d rather we didn’t.

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