Early Years Lead (Project Worker 2) (23702)

Barnardos; Stratford St Mary; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pro-rata 26 days annual leave + bank

Company pension with employer match

Cycle2work scheme

Flexible working arrangements

Employee assistance programme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts via Benefit Portal

Job summary

Barnardo's Stratford Children and Family Centres in Warwickshire are seeking an Early Years Lead to oversee and line-manage the Early Years and Children and Young People's workers delivering a range of services including 1:1 support, groups and courses across Stratford District.

The role requires a solid knowledge of EYFS and child development; you will develop timetables for three centres, allocate staff to sessions, and work with partner agencies to offer new services to families.

Qualifications

• A good knowledge and understanding of EYFS and child development.
• Experience of working with the 5-19 year age groups (up to 25 years for SEND) would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and line manage the Early Years and Children and Young People's workers delivering a range of services including 1:1 support, groups activities and courses.
• Develop timetables for the three Stratford centres and all outreach sites in Stratford District, allocating staff to sessions.
• Promote the Children and Family Centres with partner agencies including nurseries and schools, and identify potential partners to offer new services to families.
• Liaise with the admin team to promote services via social media and with the Volunteer Co-ordinator for recruitment and allocation of volunteers.
• Offer engaging activities to support children to develop positive social and emotional skills and build positive relationships with parents/carers.
• Be flexible to work across the Stratford District locality; travel within the locality is essential.

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. Stratford Children and Family Centres are recruiting for an Early Years lead to oversee and line manage the Early Years and Children and Young People's workers who deliver a range of services including 1:1 support, groups activities and courses. Our work is all about making the biggest impact during the journey of a child's life.

The service aims to offer sessions during the day, after school and on weekends.

The Early Years Lead will have responsibility for developing the timetables for the 3 centres and all our outreach sites in Stratford District , allocating staff to sessions; promoting the Children and Family Centres with partner agencies including nurseries and schools, and also identifying potential partners to offer new services to families. The EY Lead will also liaise closely with the admin team to promote services via social media and with the Volunteer Co-ordinator for the recruitment and allocation of volunteers to activities.

This post requires a good knowledge and understanding of the EYFS and child development. Experience of working with the 5-19 yr age groups (up to 25yrs for SEND) would also be an advantage.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a 22.5 hr per week, all year round contract.

We are looking to appoint a person with experience of managing teams in a nursery setting or equivalent. This is a busy and varied role where you will be required to work autonomously and as part of a team to deliver a range of services within the community. You will help to:

• Offer fun and engaging activities to support children to develop positive social and emotional skills.
• Build positive relationships with parents/ carers.
• Hold sometimes difficult/ challenging conversations with parents.
• Offer advice and support, or signpost and refer parents to the most appropriate service.
• Support Service to deliver offer to support KPIs

The postholder will be required to be flexible to work across the Stratford District locality, as outreach work is a significant and regular part of the EYs team's work, an ability to travel throughout the locality to meet the requirements of the role is essential.

Additional Information:

For more information please contact Nichola Gillmore , Children's Services Manager for the Stratford CFCs. .uk

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, 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.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

• 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.
• Pro-rata'd 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus 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

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