Town Centre, Barnsley (On-Site)
Permanent, Part time, Weekends
Enhanced DBS check required
£24,790 - £25,183 pro rata
18.5 hours
Like all of us here at Barnsley Council, you care about children and their families. So you’ll relish this opportunity to play a key part in ensuring that children and young people are enabled to achieve their full potential.
Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. The changes are clear to see - from new businesses and jobs, to improving school results and to museums being recognised for their community engagement.
Your role in our journey
As a highly committed, dynamic and motivated individual you will be proactive in engaging families with children aged 0-25 years into the newly established Family Hub at Barnsley Market based in the Market/Glassworks in Barnsley Town Centre and signposting to the wider Family Hub network across the borough.
You will be part of a wider Family Hub team, to actively target and engage families with children aged 0-19 (25 SEND), including marginalised groups. You will facilitate registration and engagement of families in Family Hubs, supporting people to access the services and interventions they need to build their resilience and gain confidence, whilst working alongside wider services to ensure families can access the right support, at the right time. You will Deliver universal and targeted Family Hubs and Start for Life activities to enable families to meet their full potential.
The role will include working targeting, planning and delivering a range of activities.
What you’ll need
Alongside a Level 3 qualification or substantial experience in a relevant field and will need to evidence that you have relevant experience of working with children, young people and their families.
Your communication skills, flexible approach and flair for building relationships will really set you apart.
You will have an understanding of safeguarding and be able to adhere to safeguarding policy.
You will have an understanding of services provided by Family Hubs within the scope of Early intervention and prevention
Shape a better future with us
Now we’d like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.
A lot to look forward to
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you.
For an informal discussion please contact Jill Duffin 07768855220, Families Information Manager