Early Years Worker - SENCO
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £27,534 to £30,796 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | London Borough of Brent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 21202 |
Summary
Family Wellbeing Centres provide high quality multi-agency services that are flexible and support the needs of young children and their families. Services are available to all children up age 0-19, along with their parents/carers who live in the local community. The centres wider goals are to have a positive and lasting impact on each and every family that attends and help to improve their outcomes in life.
We are seeking vibrant and motivated Early Years Workers/ SENCO to work within the Family wellbeing Centre family support team, providing good quality play and services to young children and their families referred to the service, both within the centre and out in the community.
This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure check via the DBS check. Applicants will be required to undertake a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.
It is very important when filling in the reference section of the application form that you ensure that you supply the referee details (including email addresses) of all your employment experience covering the last five years, Please also indicate any gaps of employment in the appropriate section.
You will require a Level 3 Childcare qualification or equivalent.
For more information you can contact the Team Manager Peter Feltham on: peter.feltham@barnardos.org.uk of call: 07724608586.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address.
Pay and Reward Framework
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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
We are seeking vibrant and motivated Early Years Workers/ SENCO to work within the Family wellbeing Centre family support team, providing good quality play and services to young children and their families referred to the service, both within the centre and out in the community.
This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure check via the DBS check. Applicants will be required to undertake a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household as the applicant or who lives at their address, is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.
It is very important when filling in the reference section of the application form that you ensure that you supply the referee details (including email addresses) of all your employment experience covering the last five years, Please also indicate any gaps of employment in the appropriate section.
You will require a Level 3 Childcare qualification or equivalent.
For more information you can contact the Team Manager Peter Feltham on: peter.feltham@barnardos.org.uk of call: 07724608586.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address.
Pay and Reward Framework
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 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.
Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.