Early Years Outreach Worker (19801)

Barnardo's is directly managing 4 of those districts and we are seeking to recruit a part time - 22 hours per week - Early Years Outreach Worker for our Fox Hollies Children's Centre/Family Hub. As an Early Years and Outreach Worker, your duties will include:

• Providing and promoting Stay & Play sessions for families that promote child development.
• Providing and promoting positive play within the Early Years Foundation Stages for children, and support parents/carers in how they play with their children to encourage good child development.
• Delivering and promoting key public health messages in group work.
• Providing crèche facilities for under 5s while their parents/carers participate in parent focused activities/programmes.
• Undertaking 2-year development checks (after appropriate training) for children in conjunction with the Health Visiting Service
• Undertaking follow up visits to families who are seen to have not engaged with the service at the Health Visitor mandatory visits.
• Supporting the delivery of baby activities to meet the health and development needs of children and families who attend.
• Collecting and helping to collate evidence that demonstrates outcomes for children.
• Ensuring suitability, safety and cleanliness of toys and other equipment, replenishing the supply of toys as required within the constraints of the budget.
• Supporting parents who have children under 5 with SEND needs ensuring inclusive practice and signposting to additional specialist support as required.
• Making effective links to family support ensuring all relevant information is shared, as appropriate, in relation to the children and parents.
This role will require you to travel independently across the district therefore you must be flexible and adaptable, particularly in relation to working hours and location. The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm but may include some occasional evenings. At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. 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 People & Culture 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.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.
• 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.
• 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