School Readiness Worker

**Employer**: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: £13,412 to £14,071 plus benefits.
- **Location**: Wirral
- **Contract**: Permanent
- **Working Pattern**: Part Time
- **Hours**: 18 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: Enhanced
- **Closing Date**: 14/09/2025 at 23:59
- **Reference**: CF&E/25/321042

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents; we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Wirral's Early Childhood Service to recruit a part time School Readiness Worker (18 hours - Mon/Tue/Wed)

**About the Role**:
School Readiness Workers are an integral part of the Children's Centre core offer across Wirral & this post will primarily be based at Bromborough Family Hub covering both the South & West localities.

School Readiness Workers deliver universal support to families with children under the age of 5 years, such as Stay and Play sessions, as well as more targeted interventions such as Baby Massage and speech and language development activities, all with the aim to support parents and carers positively impact their child's development.

The role involves working with parents/carers to support their children's individual needs and provide inclusive support for all, both in the community and in a family's home environment. A key part of the role is to work collaboratively with partners across Wirral such as health, schools, youth and community organisations to ensure that all agencies are collectively supporting the family to meet their child's needs holistically.

Wirral's Family Hubs are accredited as Baby Friendly providers by UNICEF and School Readiness Workers are key to supporting families with responsive infant feeding support.

This is an exciting role and one that is crucial to improving children's daily lived experiences and promoting positive outcomes. If you are creative, driven and have the needs of families and children at the heart of your work, then please apply.

**Working at Wirral**

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We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

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- Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies._
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