Early Years Practitioner - Bright Start Children's Centre

at  Bath and North East Somerset Council

TEMPORARY SECONDMENT COVER (PROVISIONAL END DATE OF 30/09/2025)

Are you passionate about supporting children and families with children under 5?
Bright Start Children’s Centre Services within Bath and North East Somerset are looking for a highly committed Early Years Practitioner to support our service delivery.
Through this role, you will support children and families in various ways including, creating safe and stimulating environments for them to learn and develop, promoting positive attachment practice within groups and support the parents as the key educator in their child’s learning and development. You will work closely with families within the groups and provide 1:1 play interventions within family’s homes.
We are looking for a motivated and dedicated individual with at least a Level 3 qualification who has a vision for outstanding practice to join our team.
You will have the ability to work in partnership with partners to bring about mutually agreed collaborative interventions.

YOU WILL NEED TO:

• Hold an appropriate level 3 qualification in early years
• Carry out work with families in a group situation or within their homes
• Support colleagues in the running of nurturing children’s groups, which run alongside our parent groups
• Work collaboratively with parents, other departments within the council and partner agencies
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills
  Please see the job description for full details of the job role and expectations.
  The post will be based at Radstock Children’s centre, and you may be required to support groups across Bath and North East Somerset.
  If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Karen Fleming, Lead Family Support Worker on 07530 263486 or email karenfleming@bathnes.gov.uk or Judith Parr, Co-ordinator Access on 07970 913018 or email judithparr@bathnes.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DBS CHECK.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.