Family Hub Practitioner - Early Years WMF2873e

Job details

Job reference: REQ
Posted: 10/04/2026
Closing date: 04/05/2026
Location: Penrith
Salary: £32,061 to £32,597
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week

Family Hub Practitioner - Early Years WMF2873e

Location: Penrith (part time or job share may be considered)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Early Years Practitioner to deliver outreach projects designed to improve school readiness by supporting parents, carers and early years settings as well as delivering sessions for our early years and pre school children.

We are looking for enthusiastic, innovative and self motivated individuals to provide a high level of early years expertise and to deliver a programme of work that will make a demonstrable difference in preparing early years children to engage with learning.

About this opportunity

You will have the opportunity to shape and deliver an outreach support service for families with children in the early years. Working as part of the wider Family Help, Family Hubs and Early Years teams you will work closely with early years settings and schools across Westmorland and Furness to initiate parent and carer engagement, assess need and deliver appropriate group and individual support with a particular focus on the home learning environment, speech and language, self care and toileting.

Who we are looking for

Strong people skills, including facilitation and negotiation, and excellent communication skills, both written, face to face and over Teams.

Knowledge and experience of early years methods and working with young children, their parents and families, and experience of leading effective early years projects.

Experience of measuring and reporting on outcomes to evidence the impact of the project.

Ability to prioritise and manage work effectively, comfortable working independently and as part of a team, and collaborating across teams and partners to achieve positive outcomes for families.

What we can offer you

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other perks and discount schemes.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.

As a Disability Confident Leader, disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this job are guaranteed an interview.

We also offer guaranteed interviews to Armed Forces personnel and veterans and those in care or care experienced and under 24 years old that meet the essential criteria for the role.

Additional Information

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Children's Barred List check.

Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with children. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with children.

At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and we expect all workers, employees and volunteers to share our commitment.