Early Years Worker

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About the role

The Family Hub programme is designed to assist children and young people (aged 0–19, or up to 25 for those with SEND) and their families by providing a range of support and early help services. This initiative aims to improve outcomes for children while reducing the need for statutory services. It operates through an integrated Family Hub model, delivering services across Local Area Partnership areas.

This is an exciting time to join our Family Hub team. We’re a relatively new local authority, created in April 2021 and we are at the beginning of our Family Hub journey. We have one Family Hub open with more due to open imminently.  There is still plenty of opportunity to develop the service and shape our offer to families so we can provide the best possible service to children, young people and their families across West Northamptonshire Council

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a dedicated and organised individual to join our Family Hub team, ensuring the smooth operation of our services and providing vital support to families and children.

You will be working with colleagues in the Family Hub team, as part of the Strong Start service, supporting families through a programme of universal activities and support. You will support the team to develop and plan a timetable of engaging activities which include evidence-based information.

Your responsibilities will include maintaining accurate records through data entry and preserving confidentiality at all times. You will offer 1:1 support to families on a range of universal health and wellbeing topics. As well as delivering a range of face-to-face sessions with families who are pregnant or have children up to 5 years of age.

We are recruiting to two Early Years Worker posts. A 30 hour a week post based in the Daventry Family Hub team and a 37 hour post based in Northampton Family Hub team.

For further information or an informal conversation about the role, please contact Julia.Cook@westnorthants.gov.uk

About you

We need bright and dedicated individuals, passionate about working towards making a positive difference for their local community. You don’t need experience across all aspects of the job as that will form part of your development journey, but you will need experience of working in the public sector, delivering core Public Health messages to families with children under 5s and being part of a team supporting the delivery of change and transformation.

You will work closely with a variety of partners including the 0-19 team to ensure children are able, willing and ready to learn. You’ll need to have a solution driven and adaptable approach to working, thrive in a busy environment with a positive approach to challenges!

You will need:

• A positive, responsive, and adaptable attitude
• Confidence to work independently
• An innovative and creative approach to work
• A team-driven approach to delivery
• A customer-focused approach
• A willingness to learn new skills and work with different service areas
• Level 3 or above qualification in Early Years, childcare, play or equivalent qualification
• The use of a car and a clean driving license.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. 

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what its like to work at West Northants Council.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

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