Salary
£30,024 - £33,699 per annum
Type of vacancy
Permanent
Work pattern
Full Time
Hours per week
37
Work Base
Hucknall Family Hub, Hucknall, NG15 6AJ
Working Arrangements
Site Based
Job Description / Person Specification
Early Years Specialist Practitioner JDPS.pdf – 223KB Opens in a new window
Competency Framework
Tier 7b
Number of posts
1
Interview date
14/01/2026
Closing Date
14 December 2025 23:55
The Children and Families Department takes a strengths-based approach to working with each other, children, young people and families, and our partner agencies. We call this 'Our Nottinghamshire Approach'. Watch the two minute animation to learn more.
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Hucknall Family Hub Team in Ashfield District. As we expand our service offer from supporting children aged 0–5 to now include children and young people aged 0–19, SEND 25 years we are looking for passionate and experienced individuals to join our growing team.
As an Early Years Specialist Practitioner, you will line manage and lead Early Years Practitioners ensuring the delivery of high-quality evidence-based interventions to support children’s development, school readiness, and overall health and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- To line manage, lead, and support the development of the Family Hub Early Years Team within an identified District/locality, by providing mentoring, supervision, and appraisals of Early Years Practitioners.
- To advise on and be accountable for the co-ordination, planning, delivery, and evaluation of safe, stimulating play and learning opportunities, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, ensuring the delivery of high-quality evidence-based school readiness programmes, for children 0-9 years, meeting the needs of individual children, especially those at risk of developmental delay.
- To actively engage and prioritise expectant parents with children under the age of 3 following evidence and guidance requiring earlier engagement with the most disadvantaged families in line with Nottinghamshire’s Best Start Strategy.
- To lead, chair and facilitate Early Years Team meetings, staff development and training opportunities, ensuring a strong, cohesive, highly skilled early years team.
- Monitor the allocation of work within the locality to support effective and efficient use of resources to meet defined and responsive operational plans.
Essential Requirements
- Relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
- To hold 5 GCSEs at level A*-C (including English) or equivalent and proven ability within a previous work setting.
- Working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and Ofsted Welfare Standards in relation to early years.
- A minimum of five years’ experience of working directly with children and families with children under the age of 8.
- Experience in a supervisory/management role.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Family Hub model.
- Full driving licence and use of a car (unless registered disabled).
Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
