Family Hub Community Early Help Worker

Make a Difference for Children and Families Across the Isle of Wight

Barnardo's is looking for a passionate, proactive, and community-focused Family Hub Community Early Help Worker to join our successful Isle of Wight Family Hub team.

Since 2015, Barnardo's has proudly delivered Early Help family Hub services across the Isle of Wight, supporting children, young people, and families to thrive. Following the successful extension of our contract in 2021, we continue to provide a wide range of family support services through our network of Family Hubs and community locations across the Island.

With three main Family Hubs and additional family centre spokes located across the Island, we are committed to providing accessible, welcoming, and effective support to families when and where they need it most.

About the Role

As a Family Hub Community Early Help Worker, you will play a key role in delivering community-based support, information, and evidence-based interventions that improve outcomes for children and families.

Working closely with families, health professionals, volunteers, and partner agencies, you will help parents access the right support at the right time, promoting positive family relationships, child development, school readiness, and healthy lifestyles.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines direct work with families, community engagement, programme delivery, partnership working, and service development.

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience of working with children, young people, and families.
• Understands the principles of Early Help and family support.
• Is qualified to a minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent in relevant discipline such as early years, health, education or social care
• Is confident building positive relationships with families and professionals.
• Has excellent communication, engagement, and organisational skills.
• Can work independently while contributing effectively within a team.
• Is passionate about improving outcomes for children and reducing inequalities.
• Is comfortable delivering group work, workshops, and community activities.
• Can effectively record information and demonstrate the impact of their work.
• Is flexible and responsive to the changing needs of families and communities.

Essential Requirement

Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be able to travel across the Isle of Wight regularly. There is a requirement to work from all three Family Hub localities throughout the week as service needs dictate.

Some evening and weekend working will be required. Time off in lieu will be provided in accordance with organisational policies.

Working hours are 24 hours a week days/times to be agreed.

Why Barnardo's?

By joining Barnardo's, you'll become part of a dedicated team committed to creating brighter futures for children and families. You'll receive comprehensive training, ongoing professional development, and the opportunity to make a genuine difference every day.

Apply today and help every child, every family, and every community thrive.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date.  We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's   values.

We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:23570
• Job Title:Family Hub Community Early Help Worker
• Location:Newport Isle of Wight
• Locality:Isle of wight
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:24
• Salary:£26,003 - £30,351 FTE (£16,866 - £19,687.14 Pro Rata)
• Closing Date:31 August 2026
• Interview Date:TBC week beginning 7th September 2026