Join Our Family. Help Shape the Future.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Family Hubs in North Northamptonshire.

We are at the heart of an ambitious transformation programme that is reshaping how we support children, young people and families across our communities. Through our Family Hubs and Best Start in Life approach, we are bringing together services, expertise and partners to create an integrated system of support that helps every child thrive and gives families access to the help they need, when they need it.

As our services continue to grow and evolve, we are looking for passionate, skilled and motivated individuals to join our Family Hub family and play a key role in delivering this vision.

We are currently recruiting for:

• Best Start Inclusion Practitioners (BSIP)
• Infant Feeding Practitioners
• Best Start in Life Practitioners
• Parenting Coordinator
• Healthy Early Years Practitioner – in Partnership with Public Health

These are exciting opportunities to be part of a supportive, innovative and forward-thinking team that is committed to improving outcomes for children and families and ensuring every child has the best possible start in life.

If you are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a service that is shaping the future of family support in North Northamptonshire, we'd love to hear from you.

Come and be part of our family. Together, we're building brighter futures and giving children the best start in life.

Are you passionate about giving children the very best start and supporting families to thrive? Do you bring energy, creativity, and a genuine love for early years development? If so, we’d love to meet you!

North Northamptonshire is growing its Family Hubs network in line with the national Best Start for Life programme — and this is your chance to be part of something inspiring. We’re looking for a motivated, child‑centred Early Years Practitioner who’s excited to help shape services, build relationships, and make a lasting difference in the community.

This role offers variety, purpose, and the chance to work across two fantastic hubs. 

If you want to be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking service where your ideas and enthusiasm truly matter, this could be the perfect next step.

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

• Plan and deliver play-based learning sessions in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Support parents to understand and nurture their child’s development through practical, everyday strategies
• Deliver evidence-based parenting programmes, including for families with SEND
• Promote school readiness by building confidence in the home learning environment
• Work closely with colleagues across health, early years, and social care as an Family Help Champion
• Contribute to assessments and help shape intervention plans that really make a difference

We’re seeking someone who’s warm, creative, and confident in working with families from all backgrounds. You’ll understand the challenges some families face and know how to offer respectful, practical support that empowers and encourages.

• Level 3 qualification in Early Years, Childcare or similar

• Experience working directly with young children and their families

• Strong knowledge of child development, parenting support, and early intervention approaches

• The ability to work flexibly and travel across North Northamptonshire as required

• Confidence in responding to safeguarding concerns appropriately and in line with procedures

If you’re also trained in Signalong, First Aid, or Food Hygiene, that’s a bonus — but not essential.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a passionate, ambitious team committed to improving life outcomes for children from birth upwards. We value creativity, teamwork, and a “can-do” attitude — and we’ll support you with regular supervision, training, and opportunities to shape the future of our local Family Hubs.

Some evening and weekend work may be required, but we offer flexibility, variety, and the opportunity to be part of something that matters.

Ready to help build brighter beginnings?  Apply now and be part of our Best Start for Life mission in North Northamptonshire.

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.  

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community 

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)