We are seeking a full-time Community Link Worker to join the Early Years Alliance team in Luton. Working within the Flying Start/Family Hub team, you will deliver family-focused services aimed at improving outcomes for children under five years. Responsibilities include outreach to schools, early years settings, and community venues, as well as facilitating evidence-based parenting programmes and Flying Start sessions.
You will promote key Best Start in Life and public health messages, support positive parenting, and collaborate with community, voluntary, and statutory partners to enhance access to services including opportunities for co-facilitation of parenting programmes. Strong IT skills and flexibility to work across multiple Luton sites are essential. Experience supporting families with children showing early developmental delays is highly desirable. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who wants to make a difference. A car driver is essential as the role requires travel across Family Hub sites. Previous applicants for this role need not apply.
Benefits we offer:
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part-time employees
- Additional annual leave for long service
- Enhanced sickness pay.
- Employer and employee contribution pension scheme
- Birthday leave so you can have a day off for your birthday dedicated to you and your well-being.
- Regular access to internal and external learning and development opportunities
- A Recruitment Referral Payment Scheme, giving you an introductory payment of up to £300 if someone you have referred to the Alliance takes up a role in the charity.
- A dedicated mental health First Aider to support your mental well-being.
- Access to our Employee Assistant Programme (EAP), which includes 24/7 helpline access, dedicated managers helpline, confidential counselling sessions delivered by accredited specialists, legal, debt and life management advice, discounts, and wellbeing content plus resources.
- Mileage allowance at 40p per mile from an agreed base.
Main duties of the role
- To offer a whole family / family centred approach to families, with emerging needs, to build confidence, motivation and resilience, using person-centred and strength’s-based approaches.
- Use robust evaluation tools to capture the journey for the families through agreed objectives including case studies. Contribute to Flying Start Key Performance Indicators for funders.
- Deliver key public health messages to families with a focus on supporting healthy lifestyles, oral health, social and emotional development, communication and language development, child safety and children with special educational needs and disabilities.
- Facilitate evidence-based parenting programmes including (but not limited to) the parenting puzzle and Henry healthy families and parenting workshops; both within the community and in partner venues across Luton as well as virtual delivery.
- Facilitate high quality targeted and universal group sessions as part of the Best Start in Life offer, including recording and inputting information on IT systems/databases.
Essential criteria
- Level 3 qualification in Early Years or Health & Social Care, or extensive experience of working with families providing early intervention services and an understanding of why the early years is important for future life chances.
- GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.
- A commitment and interest in supporting families and increasing opportunities to help reduce health inequalities.
- Demonstrable experience in facilitating groups such as parenting programmes or workshops.
- Good understanding of baby and child development and how children and adults learn.
- Able to demonstrate excellent IT skills, including the ability to use Office 365 including Teams, Word, Excel, Outlook etc. alongside experience of recording on IT systems.
This is a fixed term post until March 2028 with the possibility to extend.
Hours per week: 35
Weeks per year: 52
Closing date: 9th November 2026
Interview date: 19th November 2026