Community Based Early Years Senior

Are you an experienced practitioner looking for the next steps?

Do you have experience of supporting/delivering Early years sessions?

Do you have great communication skills and enjoy working out in the community?

Do you have experience of line management roles and responsibilities?

This service gives us a unique opportunity to support the setup of additional community led Early years settings alongside support existing groups in the community.

As part of this role you will be out and about daily within Sandwell supporting stay & play sessions run within the local community and the development of new sessions. This support has grown and developed over the last 12 months. As the senior within the team you will take a lead on supporting the newly recruited and established volunteers. Visiting community led sessions to identify needs and next steps for each group this could range from supporting with home learning ideas, developing their environments, identifying training etc. You will also share the work and support available to the group and families as part of the family hub network. As part of this role you will line manage the Early years worker and admin team members.

To find out more about the role please read the attached additional information and don't forget to explore in your application how you can meet/have experience as the post requires.

If you would like an informal chat about the role then please contact Rachel Jesson (rachel.jesson@barnardos.org.uk).

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently until 31.03.26 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31.03.26.

The salary for this role is £27,573.00 (Full Time Equivalent) £24,577.00 (pro rata) other salaries are shown so that applicants are aware of the progression salaries and are non-negotiable.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Benefits

• 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 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 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.

*T&C's apply based on contract.

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.