Senior Perinatal and Under Ones Worker 1 year FTC

One YMCA is seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Perinatal Practitioner to join our Family Support Services team on a 1 year fixed-term maternity cover basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a leadership role supporting families from pregnancy through to a childs first year of life - a crucial period that lays the foundation for future wellbeing. If you are committed to empowering parents improving outcomes for babies and leading high-quality family support services we would love to hear from you.

About the Role: Working closely with the Perinatal and Family Support Lead you will help ensure our perinatal services are responsive inclusive and impactful. You will provide both direct support to families and day-to-day leadership to practitioners delivering services across Watford and Three Rivers.

Key responsibilities include:
Supervising mentoring and supporting practitioners to deliver high-quality services
Delivering engaging antenatal and postnatal programmes including Preparing for Parenthood Baby Massage and Infant Feeding
Managing a small caseload of families with more complex or additional support needs
Working collaboratively with health professionals social care teams and community partners
Promoting positive outcomes for parents babies and families
Supporting service development and continuous improvement to meet local needs

About You!
You are a confident and experienced practitioner with a strong understanding of perinatal and family support services. You are passionate about early intervention and have the skills to lead motivate and support others.

You will have:
Experience delivering antenatal and postnatal support programmes and group-based interventions
Previous leadership supervisory or mentoring experience
Strong knowledge of safeguarding Early Help processes and multi-agency working
Excellent communication interpersonal and relationship-building skills
A Level 4 qualification in a relevant field or equivalent experience
Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle and ability to travel across Watford and Three Rivers as required
Enhanced DBS check

Why Join One YMCA At One YMCA youll be part of a supportive and purpose-driven organisation dedicated to strengthening communities and helping people thrive.

If you are ready to use your skills experience and passion to support families and lead positive change we encourage you to apply.

Join One YMCA and help give every child the best possible start in life.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and can only accept applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK.

As some roles involve working with vulnerable people a Basic or Enhanced DBS check may be required following a conditional job offer.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. If you have applied for a similar role within the last 6 months and were unsuccessful please consider whether your experience has significantly developed before reapplying.

One YMCA is committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know in advance if you require any adjustments to support your application.

We are an inclusive organisation that promotes equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse workforce with a wide range of skills experiences and abilities.

This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday / 37.5 Hours PW

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.