Early Years Practitioner

Navigo; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Navigo in Grimsby is seeking a Band Four Early Years Practitioner to support mothers with perinatal mental health and to care for their babies. The role focuses on emotional and physical needs, and on promoting mother-infant attachment within a specialist service.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, tailored interventions across perinatal and maternal mental health and attachment-based approaches.

Qualifications

• Professional childcare knowledge with relevant qualifications.
• Continued professional development evidenced via portfolio.
• Basic IT skills for administration and records.

Responsibilities

• Assist mothers with perinatal mental health to care for babies and support mother-infant bonding.
• Deliver direct interventions, sometimes one-to-one or in groups, in homes or community settings.
• Support teaching and training delivered by the perinatal service and collaborate with the MDT.
• Communicate effectively with other professionals to meet family needs.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Planning and organisation

Teaching skills

Child safety awareness

Education

BTEC/NNEB or equivalent

Level 2 Early years practitioner

NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education

Diploma in Childcare Education (NNEB)

Circle of security parenting

Tools

Word

Outlook

SystmOn

Job description

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for you tobecome part of the Perinatal Mental Health Team in the North East Lincolnshirelocality. We are looking for a dynamic, eager and passionate individual to joinour specialist service, offering support and a wide range of interventions tosupport mothers who are experiencing moderate to severe mental healthissues. The post holder will be employedas a Band Four Early Years Practitioner.

Please note: the earliest start date for this position is 04/01/2027

Main duties of the job

The main function of the role is tosupport mothers with perinatal mental health problems to care for their babies,ensure that the emotional and physical needs of the babies are met and toengage in activities to promote the mother-infant relationship. The corepurpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver highquality, tailored interventions in perinatal and maternal mental health andattachment based approaches to mothers and infants.

About us

Hello!

Weare Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health andwell-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental healthservices to the NHS and beyond.

Thewhole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for ourown family to use.

Weoffer a range of mental health services, including acute and communityfacilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adultsinpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and anoutstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Rankedas one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companiestop 100 large company list.

Asa social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have alsodeveloped income-generating commercially viable businesses that providetraining, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby GardenCentre.

Workingat Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but wereally mean it.

Welike to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Comeand Join us !

Job responsibilities

To assistmothers with perinatal mental health problems to care for their babies, ensurethat the emotional and physical needs of the babies are met and engage inactivities to promote the mother-infant relationship The core purpose of theteam in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailoredinterventions in perinatal and maternal mental health and attachment basedapproaches to mothers and infants

The rolewould include direct interventions with women and their families with perinatalmental health problems, this may be one to one or in group setting. Visitingmothers in their own homes or at other premises such as childrens centres.local parks, cafes, medical centres. Tosupport teaching and training delivered by the perinatal service.

The postholder will assist the multidisciplinary team in meeting the needs of childrenand their families by undertaking delegated duties that support and enablefamily centred care.

Towork as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that there isappropriate communication with other professionals involved in the care of thechild and mother.

Qualifications

• Professional childcare knowledge acquired through BTEC/NNEB or equivalent qualification examples being:
• Level 2 Early years practitioner
• NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education
• Evidence of continued professional development documented through personal portfolio
• Diploma in Childcare & Education (NNEB)
• Diploma in Childcare Studies (BTEC)
• Video Interactive Guidance
• Baby Massage
• Baby Yoga
• GroBrain
• New Born Observation
• Watch wait wonder
• Circle of security parenting

Experience

• Experience of working in child care within a range of settings Experience of working with infants and parents
• Experience of supporting parents with children with complex needs or in difficult circumstances, e.g. Domestic Abuse, mental health within the family
• Working within a range of agencies to support families
• Community development work

Knowledge

• A good understanding of a range of child development issues
• Standard IT skills e.g. be able to use word, outlook email and Internet search facilities
• A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to child development
• Knowledge of Trust IT systems e.g. SystmOn

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of effective inter-personal communication skills
• Enthusiastic and able to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Good organisational skills
• Planning and organising skills for caseload management
• Competent teaching skills

Qualifications

• Professional childcare knowledge acquired through BTEC/NNEB or equivalent qualification examples being:
• Level 2 Early years practitioner
• NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education
• Evidence of continued professional development documented through personal portfolio
• Diploma in Childcare & Education (NNEB)
• Diploma in Childcare Studies (BTEC)
• Video Interactive Guidance
• Baby Massage
• Baby Yoga
• GroBrain
• New Born Observation
• Watch wait wonder
• Circle of security parenting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Perinatal mental health nurse/clinical lead