Community Early Years Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Join Sirona care & health CIC as a Community Early Years Practitioner in Bristol East and Central Team. This role involves delivering evidence-based early intervention, empowering parents, and promoting healthy child development within the 0-19 Public Health Nursing team. You will work autonomously in homes and community settings, focusing on prevention, promotion, and reducing health inequalities. The position is a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.
Key responsibilities
- Support delivery of integrated, evidence-based services for children & their families, focusing on prevention, promotion, early intervention, improving health and reducing health inequalities.
- Use a holistic and sensitive approach to support parents with their children's social, emotional and developmental needs.
- Work in partnership with families to deliver evidence-based interventions promoting attuned and sensitive parenting.
- Work largely autonomously with supervision, planning, delivering and recording allocated work.
- Liaise with Health Visitors and other colleagues.
- Work with communities and services within your locality, including early years settings & children's centres to build social capital and community networks.
Essential criteria
- Diploma of Higher Education, Foundation Degree or equivalent qualification with relevant experience, in a related area such as early years education or childhood, or early years studies.
- Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
- An understanding of evidence based practice in all areas of practice
- Demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills in a range of situations.
- Demonstrate an ability to remain focussed on the child and child outcomes when working with families.
- Evidence of a clear understanding of the safeguarding role of CEYP within a universal service and multi agency context
- Demonstrate knowledge of early child development
Desirable criteria
- Certified IAIM Baby Massage Instructor
- Experience of group facilitation
- Experience working in a similar community role.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
Full advert · preview
Sirona care & health CIC
Community Early Years Practitioner
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Would you like to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families? We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Community Early Years Practitioner in our Bristol East and Central Team.
Join our dedicated 0-19 Public Health Nursing team as a Community Early Years Practitioner and make a lasting difference to children and families across BNSSG. Working alongside Health Visitors, you'll deliver evidence-based early intervention, empower parents, promote healthy child development, and provide support in homes and community settings.
If you're passionate about giving every child the best start in life, enjoy working independently as part of a supportive team, and thrive on building strong relationships with families and partner organisations, we'd love to hear from you.
This role is offered as a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a skill mix team, supporting delivery of integrated, evidence-based services for children & their families. Focusing on prevention, promotion, early intervention, improving health and reducing health inequalities.
Using a holistic and sensitive approach to support parents with their children's social,
Join the community to read the full pack, responsibilities and person-specification in one place.
Your seat is reserved — activate it
CareerHive is included with your CareerHive Skool community membership. If you haven't claimed your account yet, join the community (or sign in with the same email you joined with) to unlock the full advert, the apply link, HiveMind AI interview & application suite, your private vault, and daily sponsorship alerts.