Early Help Facilitator

Leicestershire County Council; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Leicestershire is seeking a dedicated individual to support and motivate a multi-agency workforce in delivering Early Help services. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications or substantial experience working with families, coordinating agency responses, and ensuring that support is effectively implemented. A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion is essential. This role offers a hybrid working model with a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Inclusive work environment

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification or substantial experience in relevant subjects.
• Experience coordinating agency responses for families with complex needs.
• Knowledge of social issues affecting families.

Responsibilities

• Support and motivate a multi-agency workforce.
• Engage partners in implementing Early Help support.
• Provide robust Early Help and support.

Skills

Level 3 qualification in social care, health or childcare

Experience of working with partners

Knowledge of child development

Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues

Understanding of Child Protection issues

Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Job description

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Hybrid Worker

Salary:Grade 10 - £35,451-£39,165 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

WorkingHours:37 hours per week

ContractType:Permanent

Closing Date:4th December 2025

Interview Date(s): 12th December 2025

About the Role

Are you an experienced, passionate, and confident practitioner with the tenacity and resilience to support, challenge and motivate a multi-agency workforce? If so, we have multiple permanent roles available to network with a discipline of external partners and agencies across Leicestershire to ensure Early Help is embedded across schools, health, housing, police and more!

If you would like the opportunity to join this new and exciting team, please ensure you showcase your experiences, skills and knowledge within Early Help services. Please include how you will engage partners in your vision of implementing Early Help support across Leicestershire to ensure we are giving families the right help at the right time. We are looking for a child focussed, trauma informed and inclusive approach to empowering our partners and colleagues to provide robust Early Help and support.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject, e.g. social care, health or childcare, OR substantial experience in providing direct support to families that clearly demonstrates the experience, skills, competencies and knowledge outlined below.
• Experience of working with partners and of co‑ordinating agency responses in complex cases to achieve positive outcomes for families with complex needs.
• Knowledge and awareness of issues which may have an impact on the lives of families such as domestic violence and abuse, mental health difficulties, substance misuse, poverty, housing. To include an understanding of, and compliance with, information sharing protocols and confidentiality.
• A good knowledge of child development and of interventions that promote children's learning and development and an understanding of issues relating to school readiness, transitions and school attendance.
• Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues from a range of agencies to work together in the best interests of families, service providers and the wider community.
• Proven ability to recognise Child Protection issues and Safeguarding practice.
• You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Rachel Sharman (Team & Partnership Manager)

Email: Email Address

Phone: [phone]

OR

Emily Hall (Team Leader)

Email: Email Address

Phone: [phone]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level.We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities.We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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