MBU Early Years Educator

Job title: Early Years Educator Salary: c.£26,400 per year Location: Gloucester Contract/Hours: Permanent Full-time 37 hours a week Benefits:

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
• 1 wellbeing day per year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training
• Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
• Up to 7% employer contribution and life assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job.

Join us and you’ll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods.

See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.

A bit about the role

As an Early Years Educator in our HMP Mother and Baby Unit, you’ll have the opportunity to support mothers as they build confidence, develop their parenting skills and create positive beginnings for their babies.

Using the Solihull Approach Parenting Programme, you’ll provide gentle guidance, encouragement and high-quality care in a role that is both rewarding and meaningful.

And we’ll support your development too, with baby massage training and the opportunity to complete a Level 4 Children and Family Practitioner qualification.

If you’re ready to take the next step into family support and want a career where you can truly make a difference, this could be the opportunity for you.

What you do could make a difference

In the role as Early years educator, you will:

• Provide high-quality care, support and fun experiences for babies and their mothers.
• Help mothers build confidence through play, routines, baby massage and parenting activities.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with mothers, working together to meet their baby’s needs.
• Create a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment where every baby can thrive.
• Be a trusted key person, supporting development, safeguarding and wellbeing while keeping families at the heart of everything you do.