Project Worker 1


Company:	Barnardo's
Salary:	from £13.52 an hour
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Nuneaton
Working pattern:	Field-based
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

Service Objectives

The Warwickshire Children & Family Centre services improve the outcomes and life chances for all children, young people and their families by offering effective preventative and early intervention services, with a focus on those who are hardest to reach and are experiencing the greatest challenges in life.

Roles and responsibilities specific to this post

We are looking to recruit, a reliable, flexible and hardworking Early Years and Children's Practitioner to support the delivery of direct services to families. The support you provide may be through one-to-one support, groups, activities, courses, and crèches. Activity sessions may involve supporting children aged 0-4 years, and primary school age children.

Working together with other team colleagues the postholder will deliver stay & plays, holiday playschemes or afterschool club type activities for children, young people and families.

Please note this is an ‘As and When' post. Work hours offered will mainly within the hours of 8.30am - 5pm Monday to Friday, and Saturday mornings.

Work will take place in the Nuneaton and North Warwickshire locality areas. Outreach work is a significant and regular part of the team's work, so for this reason, it is essential that candidates must have means to travel to different work locations.

Can you help to:

Offer fun and engaging activities to support children to develop positive social and emotional skills

Plan activities in line with the EYFS

Build positive relationships with parents/ carers

Hold sometimes difficult/ challenging conversations with parents

Offer advice and support, or signpost and refer parents to the most appropriate service.

It is important that the successful candidate is able to demonstrate experience of and/or an understanding of the following:

Knowledge and practical experience of the EYFS, including an Early Years Childcare qualification to at least level 2, but level 3 is strongly desirable.

Experience of working with and supporting young children and their parents/ carers.

Confidence in communicating effectively with parents/ carers, colleagues and other professionals.

Competence in IT and email, working with Word and other Microsoft packages.

Experience of delivering Early Years/ children's activities in community settings is desirable.

Qualified to deliver Baby Massage and Chatter Matter's courses is desirable.

Are you friendly and welcoming?

Are you a confident person with good communication skills?

Can you work as part of a committed, professional and friendly team, to support improved outcomes for children and families?

If this sounds like you, please apply today. We very much look forward to meeting you.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept CVs. When completing your online application form please tell us about your skills, knowledge, and experience, in relation to the job role and the context of the service as described in this advert, as well those described in the Person Specification, Job Description, and Additional Role Information and requirements.

Please ensure you complete all sections of the application form carefully. If the application form is incomplete this may result in your application not meeting our shortlisting criteria.

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

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