Early Years Children and Family Development Practitioner

1 X permanent post / 1 x Fixed Term until 31 March 2026 

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Knowsley Early Years Service works to build capacity within children, families, and communities through the provision of high-quality accessible universal services and a preventative Early Help offer. 

As an Early Years Practitioner, you will work as a member of the Knowsley Early Years Team delivering both universal and targeted, co-ordinated interventions to families with children 0-5 years displaying a range of complex, interacting needs. These will include child development, speech and language, attachment and bonding, effective parenting skills, relationship breakdown, family dynamics; emotional health and well-being.

You will contribute to assessment, planning and intervention for families as set out by the Early Years Senior Practitioner and will work in partnership with parents and children providing practical, hands-on support, information, advice and guidance covering a range of issues such as children’s developmental needs, behaviour management, parenting strategies, healthy eating, developing the home learning environment, and more.

If you feel this is for you, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: 

Wendy Price email at Wendy.price@knowsley.gov.uk / Tel: 07775221862 or Jenny Kemp  email at Jenny.Kemp@knowsley.gov.uk  / Tel: 07825145085

If you are interested in this post, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

Interviews to be held on the 12 and 13 March 2025