Job Description

Family Hub Co-ordinator

Location Greenwich
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Salary: \xc2\xa329,711 - \xc2\xa334,757pa
Contact name: Beverley Bernstein
Job ref: 159823
Published: 16 minutes ago

GLL have two exciting roles to join our Children\'s Centre Family Hub service as a Family Hub Co-ordinator on a 2 year Fixed Term Contract, with an ambitious and exciting vision. One of the Family Hub Co-ordinator roles is in the heart of Abbey Wood & Thamesmead and the other Family Hub Co-ordinator role is in the heart of Eltham & Kidbrooke, all areas of Royal Greenwich.

The Family Hubs and Start for Life Programmes aim to improve family service delivery, in areas with the highest levels of deprivation and disproportionately poor health and educational outcomes. Family Hubs are a place-based way of joining up locally in the planning and delivery of family services. They bring services together to improve access, improve the connections between families, professionals, services, and providers and put relationships at the heart of family support. Family Hubs offer support to families from conception to two years old, and to those with children of all ages, which is 0-19 or up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with a great \'Start for Life\' offer at their core.

A keen storyteller, the Family Hub Co-ordinator will communicate the benefits of this programme at all levels, working directly with parents/carers, community groups and senior management ensuring engagement across multi-agency staff awareness of Family Hubs available across all age ranges.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about promoting parent and child voices to influence the development of parenting programmes and be enthusiastic about peer support opportunities. Deliver parenting support events and activities; provide opportunities for parents, carers and children to \'have their say\' in developing and continually improving Family Hub Services.

What you need:

• Confidence with a positive driven approach

• Flexible attitude

• Creative thinker

• Innovative, solution focussed, problem solving skills

• Level 3 in a subject related to Community Development/Child Development/Education

• Experience of supporting high quality, proactive and impactful community consultation and engagement activities

• Minimum of two years direct work with parents and children in a social care, community or similar setting

• Ability to prioritise competing demands and workloads

• Excellent planning and organising skills

• Ability to use own initiative

• Ability to identify, engage and involve potential service users, both universally and those less likely to engage in services

• Ability to organise and deliver group programmes for parents

• Volunteer management skills

What you\'ll do:

• Deliver of a comprehensive programme focussing on parenting support and other parts of the Family Hub Learning Programme.
• Give families and children a loud voice in the decisions that will affect them in relation to the Family Hubs.
• Contribute to developing and delivering a communications and engagement plan.
• Communicate the benefits of the Family Hubs service to residents, senior managers and wider stakeholders.
• Inform and engage parents of services available to them.
• Plan and attend activities and events to support community engagement.
• Work in an integrated way with other professionals and agencies
• Oversee volunteers.

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A Values driven organisation

• Learning & development to support career development

• Good Pension schemes

• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
• salary from \xc2\xa329,711 to \xc2\xa334,757 per annum
• opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
• Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
• Health assurance
• Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
• 25% off Red Letter Days
• 25% off Buy A Gift
• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
• Ride to work scheme
• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

About GLL:

As the UK\'s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children\'s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is \'More than a Job\', because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we\'re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you\'ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people\'s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Beverley Bernstein; Beverley.bernstein@gll.org

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact or call 020-8921-8977

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