Early Years And Children'S Practitioner (23967)

Barnardos; Rugby; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 26 days

Pension scheme

Cycle2work

Employee assistance program

Discounts at stores

Job summary

Barnardo's Rugby Children and Family Centres are recruiting an Early Years and Children's Practitioner to deliver activities across three centres and outreach sites, including Toddler Time, Baby Time and Family Clubs.

This part-time role is 19.5 hours per week (Wed–Fri) with one Saturday morning per month, hours reclaimed as TOIL. The salary is £26,003 FTE (£13,704.28 for 19.5 hours per week as part of the pro-rata package).

Responsibilities

• Deliver activities across three Rugby centres and outreach sites, independently or with staff, volunteers and students.
• Run groups such as Toddler Time, Baby Time, Baby Massage, Baby Signing, Chatter Matters, Family Time, After School Clubs and Saturday activities.
• Work 19.5 hours per week over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one Saturday morning per month and TOIL to reclaim hours.

Job description

Barnardo's are commissioned to deliver the services in the Children and Family Centres in Warwickshire in partnership with a wide variety of agencies offering activities to children, young people and parents/carers. We support children, young people and their families to enable them to thrive, achieve, develop, and to build a resilience to cope with life.

Rugby Children and Family Centres are recruiting for an Early Years and Children's Practitioner to join the team who deliver a range of groups including, Toddler Time, Baby Time, Baby Massage, Baby Signing and Chatter Matters, Family Time and After School Clubs and Saturday activities.

The Early Years Practitioner will have responsibility for delivering some of the activities in our 3 centres and at our outreach sites in Rugby, working independently or alongside the team of staff, volunteers and students.

This post is part time, 19.5hrs per week over 3 days (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) all year round. There is a requirement to work one Saturday morning per month and hours are reclaimed as TOIL. The salary is £26,003 (FTE) £13,704.28 (19.5hrs) per annum.

If you want to find out more, or you would like to visit one of the centres to understand more about what the role involves, please do not hesitate to contact the Children's Services Manager, Sara Rattenbury [e-mail]

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer