Family Practitioner - Early Years - 2546
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
ABOUT US
As part of the Birmingham Forward Steps Partnership, we provide early years and family support for children aged 0–19 (or 25 with SEND). Our Children’s Centres and Family Hubs across Erdington, Hodge Hill, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield offer safe, welcoming spaces where families can access support, advice, and activities. From parenting groups and sensory rooms to health referrals and stay-and-play sessions, our experienced teams walk alongside families, helping them build on their strengths and navigate challenges. We also offer links to childcare, midwifery, and employment support. Whether face-to-face or through our Digital Family Hub, everything we do is driven by compassion, fairness, and a commitment to children’s wellbeing. Join us and help make a difference where it matters most.
ABOUT THE ROLE
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Support children aged 0-5 through play-based learning and early development activities
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Deliver group sessions and home visits that help parents build confidence in supporting their child's speech, language and emotional wellbeing
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Promote healthy lifestyles, home safety and positive parenting through targeted workshops
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Provide tailored support for children with SEND and help families access specialist services
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Encourage bonding and attachment from pregnancy onwards, including breastfeeding support
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Work with the whole family to deliver inclusive services as part of Birmingham Family Hubs
ABOUT YOU
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Hold a NVQ level 3 in Children’s Care Learning and Development or equivalent and GCSE’s in English and Maths
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Bring experience of working directly with children under 5 and their families, including home visits, SEND support and delivering group sessions
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Be confident in planning and running engaging play activities and workshops that promote child development, speech and language and positive parenting
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Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and be able to build strong relationships with families and professionals
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Understand safeguarding, child protection and EYFS framework and be committed to promoting equality and reducing health inequalities
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Be flexible to travel Birmingham and adaptable to meet the needs of families and the service
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You're someone who wants to grow, you're keen to learn, open to feedback, and looking for a role where you can develop your skills and make a long-term impact.
Interview dates - 2nd & 3rd October 2025
The Company
Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support vulnerable children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families, and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.
We create family hubs where we’re needed most, providing support with mental health, special educational needs, domestic abuse and all of family life’s challenges. We work through children and family centres, churches, schools and prisons. Putting children first in everything.
The Benefits
- Continuous professional development
- In house learning platform
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Salary sacrifice pension with employers contribution of up to 7%
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- BHFS Health Cash Plan
- Life assurance 2 times annual salary
- Enhanced annual leave
- Additional paid time off at Christmas
- Flu vouchers
- Eye test reclaim
If you want to find out more about working at Spurgeons please visit our website.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.
Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer.
We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
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