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Family Hub Manager - Central Family Hubs
At Northumberland County Council we are proud of our employees, who are passionate and committed to improving outcomes for our children and young people, ensuring that they feel safe, healthy, happy, and ready to learn and achieve.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Central Locality for a part time Family Hub Manager, 18.5 hours. Mainly working in our Bedlington Family Hub with some working in the Ashington and Newbiggin hubs.
This is an exciting time for Northumberland as we are part of the national Family Hub Programme. The principles of the Family Hub development are that we will be more accessible to families, better connected to drive progress on joining up and providing a whole family approach, and more relationship centred, building on family and community strengths.
Family Hubs offer services, universal and targeted for 0–19-year-olds (and 25 for young people with SEND), the delivery is based on a hub spoke and virtual model and provides a network of co-located, connected, virtual and digital services to support families through various interventions and programmes.
We are seeking to employ an excellent and passionate Manager who will support with effectively managing the day to day running of the Central Family Hubs with experienced colleagues, partners and organisations. The role is varied and requires multi-agency working at a high level. Our partners include Health Visiting, Midwifery, Mental Health, Schools, Early Years settings, Childrens Social Care and many others. All this work is to improve outcomes for children and families in our communities.
You will need to be an effective communicator, organiser and leader who wants to deliver an excellent Family Hub service to give children the best start in life. You will ensure that the delivery is compliant with relevant Ofsted legislation, including that relating to safeguarding. For further details about the role please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
This role is for 2.5 days (18.5 hours).
If would like an informal conversation please call
Cheryl Wilson, Central Family Help Locality Manager 07973785516
At Northumberland County Council we are proud of our employees, who are passionate and committed to improving outcomes for our children and young people, ensuring that they feel safe, healthy, happy, and ready to learn and achieve.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Central Locality for a part time Family Hub Manager, 18.5 hours. Mainly working in our Bedlington Family Hub with some working in the Ashington and Newbiggin hubs.
This is an exciting time for Northumberland as we are part of the national Family Hub Programme. The principles of the Family Hub development are that we will be more accessible to families, better connected to drive progress on joining up and providing a whole family approach, and more relationship centred, building on family and community strengths.
Family Hubs offer services, universal and targeted for 0–19-year-olds (and 25 for young people with SEND), the delivery is based on a hub spoke and virtual model and provides a network of co-located, connected, virtual and digital services to support families through various interventions and programmes.
We are seeking to employ an excellent and passionate Manager who will support with effectively managing the day to day running of the Central Family Hubs with experienced colleagues, partners and organisations. The role is varied and requires multi-agency working at a high level. Our partners include Health Visiting, Midwifery, Mental Health, Schools, Early Years settings, Childrens Social Care and many others. All this work is to improve outcomes for children and families in our communities.
You will need to be an effective communicator, organiser and leader who wants to deliver an excellent Family Hub service to give children the best start in life. You will ensure that the delivery is compliant with relevant Ofsted legislation, including that relating to safeguarding. For further details about the role please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
This role is for 2.5 days (18.5 hours).
If would like an informal conversation please call
Cheryl Wilson, Central Family Help Locality Manager 07973785516
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:
-26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
-Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
-Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
-Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
- Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Apprenticeship, Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications
