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Facilities Manager

Salary: 36,825.40 

Close date: 16th May 

Hours: Full time

Shortlisting 21st May

Location: Southwark ( SE5 & SE17)

Interview date: 24th May

  • Summary:

    • To ensure the provision of high quality facilities and premises management, ensuring delivery and   implementation of services of Health & Safety, cleaning, repairs, maintenance, and security of all 1st Place buildings and grounds. 

    • To have lead responsibility for IT functions at 1st Place  

    • To Support in the implementation of the 1st Place disaster recovery plan 

    Full job description.

  • Please read the Application Guidance Notes and Job Description as you will need to refer to these to complete your appliction form.

    Send your completed Application Form and Disclosure and Equal Opportunities Form to Human.Resources@1stplace.uk.com.

Early Educator (Bank)

Salary: £11.92 - £12.43 per hour

Hours: Bank/flexible hours

Location: Southwark ( SE5 & SE17)

  • Summary:

    We require Assistant Early Educators (level 2 qualified) and Early Educators (level 3 qualified) as bank staff to cover sickness and holidays.

    Full time employees who work 36 hours per week, can also do bank work if they wish to increase their hours.

    Full Job Description

  • Before completing your application form, please read our Guidance Notes for Applicants.

    Please download and complete our Application Form and Disclosure and Equal Opportunities Form, and email them to sam.tomkins@1stplace.uk.com

Employee Perks

  • No weekends or Bank Holidays

  • 25 days annual leave plus 3 extra days over the Christmas closure

  • A 6% pension match scheme

  • Regular training and development opportunities

  • A 40% discount on a 1st Place nursery place for your child

  • Years of service benefits

  • A lunch scheme (cooked meals for £1 a day!)

  • Discount service for supermarkets, retail, days out and more

  • Season Ticket Loan Scheme

  • Bike to Work scheme

  • Smart Health App - access to a GP any time of day or night and has other benefits such as a Health check, mental health support and health and nutrition advice.

  • Death in Service Benefit

  • Fully funded qualifications, study up to Level 5 and study while you earn.

  • Career progression, as you gain further qualifications your salary will increase and you will have the opportunity for new roles and responsibilities.

Find out more about our employee benefits on the Employee Hub.

Community Wellbeing Champion

Salary: £33,309 

Close date: 12 pm 23rd May

Hours: Full time 36 per week

Location: Southwark ( SE5 & SE17)

Community Wellbeing Champion

Interview date: 4th June

  • The Role

    • To deliver an enhanced and targeted support offer focussing parents and carers of children aged 0-2 to promote positive perinatal mental health & parent-infant relationships

    • To support access to and improve accessibility of services in particular for seldom seen communities.

    • To work in collaboration with the Healthy Minds Thrive team, to improve access to services supporting perinatal mental health and infant relationships.

    • To be part of a Family Services team that delivers universal and targeted activities to improve outcomes for children and their families.

    • To take a collaborative approach to multi-agency partnerships so that children and family’s needs are met in a holistic way.

    • To lead on group sessions for children and families including outside of ordinary working hours and weekends from family Hubs and a range of community venues

    • To promote and facilitate access to the Family Hubs programme engaging parents focussing on their children with appropriate activities to meet their needs, particularly those identified as in need of additional support

    Full Job Description

  • About Us

    Providing services to the Borough Bankside and Walworth area, 1st Place is committed to providing the highest quality of care and support as well as developing, nurturing and training our employees.

    As part of the borough-wide Southwark Family Hub service, we offer support to families across two sites, and in partnership with a range of services to ensure that all parents are supported and their children flourish in their early years and beyond.

    We follow the Reggio Emilia approach in our nurseries, an innovative movement for excellence in childhood education.

    What does 1st Place stand for?

    Our aim is to give local parents and children the greatest possible chances in life.  We are a Family Hub and Early Education provider, created to serve the needs of every local parent and child. We provide a range of services from ESOL courses, benefits advice, outstanding nursery education and free family activities to parenting support and training.  As we are a charity, founded to support the local community, all surplus funds are invested in services and support for the improvement of families’ lives.

  • Please read the Application Guidance Notes and Job Description as you will need to refer to these to complete your appliction form.

    Send your completed Application Form and Disclosure and Equal Opportunities Form to Human.Resources@1stplace.uk.com.

Fathers and Male Carers

Salary:  £33,309 fte

Close date: 12 pm 23rd May

Hours: Full time 36 per week

Location: Southwark ( SE5 & SE17)

Interview date: 4th June

  • 1st Place Family Hub are recruiting for a new Fathers & Male Carers Community Wellbeing Champion. This is a 12-month fixed term contract, working within the Borough Bankside & Walworth area of Southwark. As this role will be working specifically with fathers and male carers there is a genuine occupational reason that we are looking to appoint a male person to this role.

    The Role

    • To deliver an enhanced and targeted support offer focussing on male parents and carers of children aged 0-2 to promote positive perinatal mental health & parent-infant relationships

    • To support access to and improve accessibility of services in particular for fathers and male carers and seldom seen communities.

    • To work in collaboration with the Healthy Minds Thrive team, to improve access to services supporting perinatal mental health and infant relationships.

    • To be part of a Family Services team that delivers universal and targeted activities to improve outcomes for children and their families.

    • To take a collaborative approach to multi-agency partnerships so that children and family’s needs are met in a holistic way.

    • To lead on group sessions for children and families including outside of ordinary working hours and weekends from family Hubs and a range of community venues

    • To promote and facilitate access to the Family Hubs programme engaging parents focussing on fathers and male carers and their children with appropriate activities to meet their needs, particularly those identified as in need of additional support

    Full Job Description

  • About Us

    Providing services to the Borough Bankside and Walworth area, 1st Place is committed to providing the highest quality of care and support as well as developing, nurturing and training our employees.

    As part of the borough-wide Southwark Family Hub service, we offer support to families across two sites, and in partnership with a range of services to ensure that all parents are supported and their children flourish in their early years and beyond.

    We follow the Reggio Emilia approach in our nurseries, an innovative movement for excellence in childhood education.

    What does 1st Place stand for?

    Our aim is to give local parents and children the greatest possible chances in life.  We are a Family Hub and Early Education provider, created to serve the needs of every local parent and child. We provide a range of services from ESOL courses, benefits advice, outstanding nursery education and free family activities to parenting support and training.  As we are a charity, founded to support the local community, all surplus funds are invested in services and support for the improvement of families’ lives.

  • Please read the Application Guidance Notes and Job Description as you will need to refer to these to complete your appliction form.

    Send your completed Application Form and Disclosure and Equal Opportunities Form to Human.Resources@1stplace.uk.com.

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