Best Start in Life Assistant

Cheshire East Council; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Purchase of annual leave

37-hour week with flexi-time

Salary sacrifice green car scheme

White goods salary sacrifice

Career average pension

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Cheshire East Council’s Family Hubs within the Best Start in Life Service is recruiting four full-time positions (37 hours/week, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend work). You will deliver universal and targeted groups for families and support Creches for children aged 0-5 in a stimulating environment across hubs and communities.

Training such as PEEP and Making it REAL is provided to support you in the role, with a diverse workload and opportunities to make a real impact in local families’

Qualifications

• Experience delivering universal and targeted family groups.
• Ability to care for children aged 0-5 in a group setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver universal and targeted groups for families to attend, ensuring high quality activities in an enabling environment.
• Support Creches, caring for children aged 0-5 alongside colleagues and setting up engaging activities.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has become available to work within Family Hubs as part of the Best Start in Life Service. We have 4 full time positions (37 hours) per week working Monday to Friday and the occasional weekend.

About you

The main aspect of this role will be delivering universal and targeted groups for families to attend, ensuring that we are offering high quality activities in an enabling environment both within the Family hubs and out within communities. Another part of the role will be to support our Creches, you will be caring for children aged 0-5 years alongside your colleagues and setting up activities ensuring the children are in an engaging and stimulating environment.

You will access training to support you within the role such as ‘PEEP’ and Making it REAL.

The role is diverse with no one day the same, for more information on the role please view the 'In this job you will' section within the attached job description specification document.

To find out more about the essential and desirable criteria for the role please view the attached job description specification document.

In return we are able to offer:

• Enhanced annual leave - Start with an impressive 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) from day one, and watch it grow to 39 days after just five years of service
• Purchase of annual leave – Want more time off? You can purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year, giving you the flexibility to balance work and life just the way you want (Pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Flexible working pattern - Enjoy a 37-hour standard full-time work week with the added perks of flexi-time and hybrid/remote working arrangements where possible. Your work-life balance just got a whole lot better
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme - Drive green and save green! Lease a brand-new electric or hybrid car through our salary sacrifice scheme. There’s no credit checks, no deposits, just significant savings and exclusive offers on a three-year lease
• White goods salary sacrifice scheme - Upgrade your home with ease. Purchase home and electronic items through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost of big-ticket purchases like appliances, computers, and tech gadgets directly from your salary
• Enhanced public pension - Secure your future with our career average pension, where contributions are built at a rate of 1/49th of your yearly pensionable pay
• Cycle to work scheme - Save up to 25-39% on the retail price of bikes and safety equipment through Income Tax and National Insurance savings. Get fit and save money!
• Employee assistance programme - Access a completely free and confidential assistance service to help manage, reduce, and overcome life’s challenges, both at work and in your personal life
• Discounted gym membership - Stay active and healthy with corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure, including:
  • Gym, Swim and Group Fitness at all 16 facilities
  • Off-Peak Racket Sports
  • Athletics Tracks
  • Sauna/Steam/Spa

Join us and experience a workplace that truly values and supports you!

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.