Early Years Family Practitioner - Little Beanstalks Programme
Swindon Borough Council
Swindon, SN1 2JGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£30,518
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by dedicated people who make a real differenc...
As an Early Years Family Practitioner, you will play a key role in promoting the health, wellbeing and development of young children and their families through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme -pre-birth to five years.
Working as part of our Health Visiting team, you will support families through both universal and targeted interventions, helping to identify needs early and ensuring appropriate support is available when it is needed most.
You will work closely with Health Visitors and other professionals to -
- Build positive relationships with children and families.
- Deliver elements of the Healthy Child Programme.
- Support families to achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
- Identify concerns and vulnerabilities at an early stage.
- Contribute to assessments and agreed packages of support.
- Work collaboratively with a range of health, education and community partners.
- Promote safeguarding and the welfare of children.
A significant part of this role will involve supporting the Little Beanstalks Programme, an innovative and growing early intervention initiative designed to improve developmental outcomes for children and their families.
The programme focuses on ensuring families receive timely information, advice, signposting and support at the earliest opportunity, helping them navigate services and access help.
- To plan and organise activities and interventions related to the 0-19 core offer for children, young people and families under the named Health Visitor.
- To plan and organise home visits as appropriate as a lone worker or in conjunction with other professionals.
- To undertake planned development reviews.
- To facilitate group activities and sessions.
- Advise and assist parents with developing positive parenting skills and parent-child attachment.
- Undertake health promotion activities.
- Support children and their parents with school readiness.
- Undertake duties in clinic, early years and school settings.
- To maintain contemporaneous client records as per NMC guidelines and service standards.
- To act as an advocate for identified children and young people to facilitate access to, and understanding of appropriate services.
- Participate in meetings as appropriate.
- To be responsible for a Champion role (area of health work) and support developments within the team.
- The post holder must maintain confidentiality of information about children, families, staff and all health service business. Information gained must not be communicated by the post holder to other persons except in the course of duty.
an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to
work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to
support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.
Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. Thats why
our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. Youll be
joining us at an exciting time on our journey, helping to shape services that
improve outcomes for children and families across Swindon.
look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive positive
change. Together, well achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised
Swindon, and youll be proud to say it was made better with you.
You will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
You must be fluent in the English language, as required by Part 7
of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customer-facing
role.
The ability to travel throughout the borough will be required and have access to a car.
further information about the role, please contact Nicola Mann (nmann@swindon.gov.uk)
or Amanda Carroll (acarroll@swindon.gov.uk).
As an inclusive employer,
we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular
disabled people and people from ethnic minorities.
This role is subject to Swindon Borough Council terms and conditions.
Qualifications
Essential
- BTEC level 3 Diploma in Early Years Or
- CACHE Diploma in Child care and Education, Level 3 (2 year course) Or
- NVQ/SNVQ level 3 in Early Years and Education Or
- NNEB Diploma
Desirable: - Please see Role Profile for full details.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
18 September 2026
Last checked
22 September 2026
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