Early Years Outreach Worker
| Posting date: | 21 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,492.40 to £29,726.27 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25,492.40 - £29,726.27 (FTE) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 21551 |
Summary
Birmingham Forward Steps is a citywide service delivered collaboratively by Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust working alongside Barnardo's, and other voluntary organisations, operated across 10 districts for children and their parents/ carers from shortly before birth up to the age of five. The service, commissioned by is designed to provide all families of pre-school children with accessible, community-based services in their own homes, GP surgeries, children's centres and a number of other community venues such as places of worship or libraries, with extra help available to those that need it.
Barnardo's is directly managing 4 of those districts and we are seeking to recruit a Full time - 37hours per week – Early Years Outreach Worker for our Doddington Green Children's Centre/Edgbaston Family Hub.
As an Early Years and Outreach Worker, you will be required to:
Provide and promote Stay & Play sessions for target families that promote child development.
Provide and promote positive play within the Early Years Foundation Stages for children, and support parents/carers in how they play with their children to encourage good child development.
Provide crèche facilities for under 5s while their parents/carers participate in parent focused activities/programmes.
Undertake follow up visits to families who are seen to have not engaged with the service at the Health Visitor mandatory visits.
Support the delivery of Baby Club activities to meet the health and development needs of children and families who attend.
Collect and help collate evidence that demonstrates outcomes for children.
Ensure suitability, safety and cleanliness of toys and other equipment, replenishing the supply of toys as required within the constraints of the budget.
Support parents who have children under 5 with SEND needs ensuring inclusive practice and signposting to additional specialist support as required.
Make effective links to family support ensuring all relevant information is shared, as appropriate, in relation to the children and parents.
This role will require you to travel independently across the Edgbaston District therefore you must be flexible and adaptable, particularly in relation to working hours and location. A full driving licence and use of your own vehicle would be an advantage.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm but may include some occasional evenings. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance and are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. Please note, we do not accept CVs.
Closing date for applications is 7th September 2025 For further information please contact Alison Edmond, Recruiting Manager, via email: alison.edmond@barnardos.org.uk
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.
Barnardo's is directly managing 4 of those districts and we are seeking to recruit a Full time - 37hours per week – Early Years Outreach Worker for our Doddington Green Children's Centre/Edgbaston Family Hub.
As an Early Years and Outreach Worker, you will be required to:
Provide and promote Stay & Play sessions for target families that promote child development.
Provide and promote positive play within the Early Years Foundation Stages for children, and support parents/carers in how they play with their children to encourage good child development.
Provide crèche facilities for under 5s while their parents/carers participate in parent focused activities/programmes.
Undertake follow up visits to families who are seen to have not engaged with the service at the Health Visitor mandatory visits.
Support the delivery of Baby Club activities to meet the health and development needs of children and families who attend.
Collect and help collate evidence that demonstrates outcomes for children.
Ensure suitability, safety and cleanliness of toys and other equipment, replenishing the supply of toys as required within the constraints of the budget.
Support parents who have children under 5 with SEND needs ensuring inclusive practice and signposting to additional specialist support as required.
Make effective links to family support ensuring all relevant information is shared, as appropriate, in relation to the children and parents.
This role will require you to travel independently across the Edgbaston District therefore you must be flexible and adaptable, particularly in relation to working hours and location. A full driving licence and use of your own vehicle would be an advantage.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm but may include some occasional evenings. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance and are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. Please note, we do not accept CVs.
Closing date for applications is 7th September 2025 For further information please contact Alison Edmond, Recruiting Manager, via email: alison.edmond@barnardos.org.uk
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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