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Early Years Practitioner (23217)
Barnardo's —Larne
- £12,309.60 a year
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Emmabannon —Belfast
- £14 an hour
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Early Years Practitioner (23217)
Barnardo's —Larne
We're looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and committed individuals who wants to make a genuine impact in children's early years and wants to work closely…
£12,309.60 a year
2d
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Emmabannon —Belfast
Prior experience working with children with special educational needs or disabilities is highly desirable. It is to support my son when he is off school.
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Early Years Practitioner (23217)

Barnardo's -
Larne

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Job details

Fixed term contract
£12,309.60 a year
2 days ago

Benefits

Additional leave
Cycle to work scheme
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Sick pay

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Early childhood education
NVQ
Preschool experience

Full job description

Horizon Sure Start Larne

We are recruiting an Early Years Practitioner for our 2-3 year old Programme based in St. Anthony's Primary School, Larne.

Horizon Sure Start supports families with children under the age of 4 living in the Sure Start wards of Carrickfergus and Larne.

We have a multi - disciplinary team. we aim to improve the ability to learn by encouraging stimulating play and improving language skills.

We're looking for enthusiastic, compassionate, and committed individuals who wants to make a genuine impact in children's early years and wants to work closely in a team to offer the developmental programme to children aged 2 and 3.

About the Role

Your role will include:

Supporting the Developmental Programme for 2–3-Year-Olds, running three 2.5-hour sessions weekly (September–June)
Building trusted relationships with families, including conducting home visits
Running parents workshops and stay and play sessions monthly
Promoting positive play, early learning, and social development
Key worker to 4 children and their families
Recording, observations and planning
Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the highest standards of care

Essential Criteria:

NVQ Level 3 or above in Childcare
demonstrable experience of working with children 0-4 in a pre-school setting
Experience communicating effectively with parents/carers regarding children's needs
Full, current driving licence and access to a car (business insurance required).
Applicants with a disability preventing driving may provide evidence of alternative mobility arrangements.

A waiting list of Reserve candidates will be held in the event that similar vacancies arise during the next 12 months

If this role is of interest to you, then please apply and we look forward to hearing from you.

Please read the Job Description and Additional Information Page for the in-depth responsibilities of this role, and when completing your application link please refer to you Skills, Knowledge and Experience in these areas and with a understanding of the context of this role.

Applicants must demonstrate how they meet the Essential criteria when completing the application form to secure an interview.

Barnardo's offers extensive training and professional development opportunities, supporting your continued growth and progression within the organisation. You will also benefit from a comprehensive range of staff perks and benefits, including generous annual leave, access to health and wellbeing support, pension contributions, and more.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we warmly encourage you to apply.

Contact Details: [email protected]

The successful candidate will also be required to undertake an Enhanced Access NI with Child Barred List check.

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.

Pay & 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 in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

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 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.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

Reference number:
23217
Job Title:
Early Years Practitioner
Location:
Larne
Locality:
NI Western
Contract type:
Fixed term
End date:
30th June 2027
Hours:
20 hours per week (Term Time) (Monday to Thursday, 9:00am to 2:00pm)
Salary:
£26,666.86 (FTE) (12,309.60 pro rata)
Closing Date:
28 July 2026
Interview Date:
TBC

Benefits

Discounts at 100's of retailers

Employee suggestion scheme

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

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