Early Years and Family Educator

Early Years Alliance; Quarrington; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

Early Years Alliance is seeking an Early Years and Family Educator to work in Sleaford and surrounding communities. You will deliver high-quality sessions for children and families, supporting development, early learning and positive parenting.

You will be part of an integrated early years team, promoting play-based learning and collaborating with multi-agency partners to support children aged 0-5. The role is on-site and aligned with Disability Confident employer status.

Qualifications

• Must have solid understanding of child development and how children learn through play.
• Knowledge of EYFS and national developments for 0–5 services.
• Proven communication skills with families, professionals and teams.
• Experience in multi-agency collaboration with early help and social care teams.

Skills

Child development knowledge

EYFS understanding

Communication skills

Multi-agency collaboration

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care and Education

Equivalent qualification or health and social care degree with EY modules

Early Years Teacher Status

Job description

Early Years and Family Educator

Company: Early Years Alliance Salary: from £16,946 a year Hours: Part-time Location: Sleaford Working pattern: On-site Job type: Contract Posting date: 7 Nov 2026 Closing date: 10 Nov 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Summary

We are currently recruiting for a new and exciting position of an Early Years and Family Educator working in Sleaford and surrounding communities.

This is an 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.

Essential requirements

• 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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.