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Rickmansworth, England, United Kingdom · On-site
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Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom • On-site
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Support the personal, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children aged 0-4 within a creche and developmental programme. This includes monitoring progress, conducting home visits, and planning group-based services for families.
Candidates must hold at least a Diploma Level 2 in Childcare and have experience working with children under 4. A thorough understanding of safeguarding, excellent communication skills, and access to a car are required.
Early Years Practitioner x2.
Salary: £13.45 per hour.
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part Time (working 30 hours per week -TERM TIME ONLY).
Location: Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Benefits:
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
About the role
Our Waterside SureStart service plays an essential role in giving children and families the early support they need. As a universal service we work in partnership with other agencies such as health visitors, midwives, and local schools.
To help 0–4-year-olds get ready for school our services include: child and family health services; parenting programmes and antenatal support; early year's education services, such as ‘stay and play' sessions; speech and language support and family learning.
Core working hours for the service are usually between Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
As an Early Years Practitioner, you'll be:
Working as part of a team within the creche and developmental Programme for 2–3-year-olds to support children's personal, social, emotional, cognitive and SLC skills.
Using a range of tools to monitor and assess the children's progress and development.
Providing support within group play sessions as well as undertaking a range of home visits to support with the development of play skills.
Developing successful relationships with children and their families.
Observing and tracking children's development and sharing this with parents/ carers and other professionals.
Being responsible for the planning, development, and delivery of individual and group-based services, which support families in providing their children with the best start in life.
Let's talk about you
Our job description for the Early Years Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:
A minimum Diploma Level 2 in Childcare or equivalent relevant qualification.
Experience of working with children aged under 4 years.
A genuine interest in childcare and a true passion and love for children.
A thorough understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with people of all ages and backgrounds.
An understanding of the physical, intellectual, linguistic, social and emotional growth as part of child development.
Access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.
Contact: email us at [email protected] quoting reference 13267.
Closing Date: Monday 29th June 2026.
Please note: Interviews are planned to be held on Thursday 9th July 2026 at Waterside.
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
To be eligible for this position you must complete an Access Ni Enhanced Disclosure
A copy of the Access Ni Code of Practice can be found here.
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
Want to know more about Action for Children?
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See below for further information about working with us:
We take action to improve lives for children in the UK, so every child has a safe and happy childhood ⭐
We’re driven by love to take action for children. Our vision is that every child and young person has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Offices: 3, The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, WD18 8AG, GB
We take action to improve lives for children in the UK, so every child has a safe and happy childhood ⭐
We’re driven by love to take action for children. Our vision is that every child and young person has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Offices: 3, The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, WD18 8AG, GB
