Job Introduction
Three Temporary Family Hub Navigators - 12 month FTC
Our Story:
Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.
Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.
We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.
Our Team:
Halton Family hubs support children and young people from birth until they reach the age of 19 (or up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). They bring council, health, and community services together so that families can access the right support at the right time.
Our family hubs provide a mix of physical and virtual spaces, as well as outreach, where families can easily access non-judgmental support for the challenges they may be facing.
Services delivered from family hubs include:
- Midwifery appointments, health checks, weaning and nutrition advice, early years play education and sensory development
- Intensive support to reduce family problems that result in family breakdown, working with the child and family to make positive changes
- Family help and support for children with disabilities or additional needs
- Practical support around finance and housing youth support services, including youth justice. mental health support for children, young people, families, and new parents
Hours: 37 per week
Your Contributions:
In the journey of Family Hub development across Halton we are excited to announce there are x3 Family Hub Navigator roles being introduced (temporary 12-month basis).
Of which, X2 will be community based across Runcorn and Widnes and x1 will have a SEND focus to support our parents/families to navigate information and guidance with support.
As a Family Hub Navigator, you will be the first point of contact for children and families and act as a “bridge” between the community and Family Hub services across the locality you are in and to promote family support services to diverse communities.
More specific responsibilities include:
- To be knowledgeable in Halton’s Family Hub Digital Platform and Local Offer, particularly, to support families to navigate it with confidence
- To ensure that families are empowered to engage with local co-production opportunities and that their voices and feedback is fed back is presented
- To actively seek to engage parents/carers of children with SEND into co-production opportunities and to understand barriers they may face when accessing services
- Undertake low-level outreach activities with the Family Hub team as required
- To engage with the multi-agency workforce, including local partners and commissioned services, to understand their current offer of support and ensure this information is disseminated out into communities (You may already be a Community/Parent Champion with a passion to “Make a Difference” to Halton’s children and young peoples outcomes)
- To empower parents in being confident to contribute to shaping services that create better opportunities for families
- Experiences of engaging with services and want to give something back, that will support families of the future
You will be:
- Conscientious and committed to delivering a high standard of service
- Approachable with a pleasant manner and be open and friendly to service users and professionals
- A good listener and can communicate effectively
- A team player and non-judgmental
- Flexible and where required work evenings and weekends
The successful applicant will have:
- Experience of previous community engagement projects
- Experience of working with a range of professional
- A good awareness of safeguarding arrangements for children and vulnerable adults
- Good inter-personal and communication skills
Our Offer:
Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:
• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements (*delete if not applicable)
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme
Next Steps:
At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Carol Fenlon 07468 709574 or carol.fenlon@halton.gov.uk
Interviews will provisionally take place week commencing 9th June.
At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk
Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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