Early Years & Family Educator

Early Years Alliance; Quarrington; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Early Years Alliance is recruiting an Early Years and Family Educator to work in Sleaford and surrounding communities. You will join an experienced team across Lincolnshire children's centres to deliver the Early Years and Family Service, supporting children to have the best start in life.

This maternity cover role (up to one year) offers 25 hours per week and 52 weeks per year, with training and professional development, a supportive environment, and opportunities to work with families on early

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in Early Years Care and Education, or health/social care degree with EY modules, or EYTS.
• Experience and knowledge of child development and EYFS, learning through play.
• Strong written and verbal communication with professionals and teams.
• Experience of multi-agency working with early help and social care.
• Knowledge of aims and ethos of Children's Centres and 0-5 services.
• Good safeguarding understanding and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality educational and fun sessions for children and families.
• Plan, deliver, and evaluate sessions; engage parents in learning and wellbeing.
• Track progress of vulnerable/identified children with EYFS partners.
• Work in an integrated early years team to provide seamless family support.
• Support child health checks and wellbeing through partnerships with health services.

Skills

Child development & EYFS

Communication skills

Multi-agency collaboration

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Early Years Care & Education

Health & social care degree with EY modules

EYTs (Early Years Teacher Status)

Job description

About The Role

We are currently recruiting for a new and exciting position of an Early Years and Family Educator working in Sleaford 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.
• A dedicated mental health First Aider to support your mental well-being.
• Access to our Employee Assistant Programme (EAP), which includes 24/7 helpline access, dedicated managers helpline, confidential counselling sessions delivered by accredited specialists, legal, debt and life management advice, discounts, and wellbeing content plus resources.

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.

This is a maternity cover role for up to one year.

Hours per week: 25

Weeks per year: 52

Closing date:10th November 2026

Interview date: 20th November 2026