Early Years and Children's Practitioner

Ilford, Greater London (On-site)
Rugby, Warwickshire
£26,003 FTE (£13,704.28 pro rata)
Part-time (19.5hrs per week over 3 days (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) all year round. )
Permanent
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. We support children, young people and their families to enable them to thrive, achieve, develop, and to build a resilience to cope with life.

Rugby Children and Family Centres are recruiting for an Early Years and Children's Practitioner to join the team who deliver a range of groups including, Toddler Time, Baby Time, Baby Massage, Baby Signing and Chatter Matters, Family Time and After School Clubs and Saturday activities. 

The Early Years Practitioner will have responsibility for delivering some of the activities in our 3 centres and at our outreach sites in Rugby, working independently or alongside the team of staff, volunteers and students.

This post is part time, 19.5hrs per week over 3 days  (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) all year round. There is a requirement to work one Saturday morning per month and hours are reclaimed as TOIL. The salary is £26,003 (FTE)  £13,704.28 (19.5hrs) per annum.

If you want to find out more, or you would like to visit one of the centres to understand more about what the role involves, please do not hesitate to contact the Children's Services Manager, Sara Rattenbury

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 

Application resources
Organisation
Barnardos View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size More than 1000

We're here to help children and young people feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful – and have somewhere they feel they belong.

Posted on: 27 October 2026
Closing date: 23 November 2026 at 23:30
Job ref: 23967
Tags: Social Care / Development, Care Management, Child Protection, Delivery, Early Years, Safeguarding, Wellbeing, Youth / Children, Events / Activities, Social / Support Work

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