Our ‘Play, Learn, Grow’ team support parents to help their children learn and develop through play. You’ll deliver a programme of ‘Play, Learn, Grow’ sessions to parents and their children (under 5), and work with early years professionals and educational settings to offer sessions in a variety of settings as well as in families’ homes.

You’ll be fluent in at least one community language common in the Oldham population, for example Urdu or Bengalli (multiple language skills an advantage), and have experience of working with famlies or in a pre-school setting to support learning and development.

Hours:  20 hours per weekSalary: NJC 12 – 20 (Currently £28,598 – £32,597) pro rata, based on full-time equivalent of 36/wkContract: Fixed term contract to June 2026, further continuation subject to fundingMain Base: Hybrid – Primarily community based in Oldham, with some office working at Ryecroft Hall, Audenshaw and some home-based working. May occasionally include travel across other HOST geographical areas.

Main Responsibilities

• Deliver a programme of ‘Play, Learn, Grow’ sessions through groups and home visits to stimulate the learning and development of children aged 2 to 5 years in Oldham.
• Ensure the Play, Learn, Grow programme is accessible to families from within Oldham communities who have English as a second or additional language.
• Promote Play, Learn, Grow to families and referrers using a variety of referral pathways and promoting self-referrals.
• Conduct assessments of children and parents using a range of pre- and post- outcome measures.
• Understand family perceptions and opinions of service and recommend changes to services and processes as appropriate.
• Apply effective and timely administration, review and monitoring of service delivery, including self-managing and applying relevant record keeping systems and data entry.
• Recruit sufficient volunteers to support the home visiting side of the work by pro-actively promoting volunteering opportunities and assessing potential volunteers.
• Deliver high quality volunteer training to prospective volunteers as required.
• Supervise and support Play, Learn, Grow volunteers regularly and provide constructive feedback and engagement.
• Engage with any multi-agency work for families as needed.
• Promote HOST externally by ensuring appropriate liaison, networking and communication with referrers, professionals, community leaders and organization.
• Undertake any other duties that may be required to discharge the role and support the organization.

Applications are accepted by submission of a CV and supporting statement – please read our Application Guidance re writing your supporting statement.

Please read our Application Guidance for application instructions and further guidance

If you have questions which are not answered by the Job Description, Person Spec or Application Guidance, or you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please give us a call or get in touch by email.

Closing date: 3pm Wednesday 15th October 

Interviews are scheduled to take place Tuesday 21st October

Key information

• Employer: Home-Start HOST
• Locations: Oldham, Tameside
• Role Type: Fixed term
• Salary: Salary: NJC 12 – 20 (Currently £28,598 - £32,597) Pro Rata, based on FTH of 36/wk
• Working Hours: Part-Time
• Working Hours Per Week: 20

To apply for this role:

Please apply by emailing a CV and supporting statement to recruitment@homestarthost.org.uk. Full role details and applicatino guidance can be found at https://home-starthost.org.uk/recruitment/