Job Description

Job description
Join Our Team as a Community Early Years Practitioner!



Are you passionate about giving children the best start in life? Do you want to make a real difference for families across the city? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our Early Years Quality Improvement Team.



As a Community Early Years Practitioner (CEYP), you'll work closely with early years providers, speech and language therapists, health visitors, family hubs, and public health colleagues to support families and improve outcomes for children aged 0-5.



What You'll Do


Develop and deliver high-quality early years programmes, workshops, and training packages for families and professionals focusing on Healthy Lifestyles and, speech Language and communication and improved outcomes for children in line with the Best Start in life strategy --both face-to-face and online. Support the Start Well offer, promoting oral health, healthy lifestyles, and speech & language development. Contribute to the Public Health accredited quality assurance Healthy Early Years Award, helping settings tackle key public health challenges like healthy eating, oral health, and physical activity. Build strong relationships with early years providers and families to ensure children are school-ready. Work in partnership with speech and language colleagues to develop and deliver training upskilling the early years workforce to support the development of children's speech, language and communication.

What We're Looking For


Someone motivated, organised, and enthusiastic about improving early years experiences for children, families and practitioners. Someone who has at least 2 years post qualifying experience within early years A team player who can build positive relationships with, colleagues, wider professionals and families. Someone who can work flexibly-- occasional evenings and weekends will be required.

Why Join Us?



You'll be part of a passionate team dedicated to improving long-term outcomes for children and families. Your work will have a lasting impact on the community and help shape the future for the youngest members of our city.



Interested?

For informal enquiries, contact Claire Murgatroyd - claire.murgatroyd@sheffield.gov.uk or call 07711498096.



We will be offering some information session explaining more about the role and our priorities, we have 2 sessions planned on the 6th and 13th of January 2026 both sessions will be on line between 6.30-7.30pm if you are interested please email claire.murgatroyd@sheffield.gov.uk for further information and attendance links.



We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.



It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.



Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.



Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.



If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.



Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003921
Date posted
23/12/2025
Application closing date
25/01/2026
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 06, 33,143 to 37,280
Package
1 Permanent Position
Contractual hours
22.5
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Operational