Family Centre Manager

senploy; Dorking; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization based in Dorking seeks a Family Centre Manager to oversee operations and support families with children and young people. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing relevant services, strong relationship management skills, and competence in data analysis. This position offers one day of remote work after the probationary period.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Managerial experience in a relevant professional area.
• Experience establishing effective working relationships with other agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations of the Family Centre supporting families.
• Oversee Family Support Workers and develop partnerships.
• Manage collection and analysis of data to evaluate services.

Skills

Experience with children and families

Data analysis and reporting

Relationship management

Tools

Early Help Management system (EHM)

Job description

Overview

Our client is a vibrant Surrey-based charity, committed to building futures for local people by providing services that support and assist disadvantaged and vulnerable people; their wide range of projects and activities aim to create happy, healthy and connected communities. They are now looking to recruit for a new Family Centre Manager, to oversee their family centre based in Mole Valley.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the daily operations of the Family Centre provision to support families with children and young people aged 0-19 years (up to 25 years with disabilities and additional needs) that are identified as the most in need of support or have emerging needs.
• Oversee a dedicated team of Family Support Workers and develop partnerships, embedding working protocols with relevant partners to deliver a range of targeted, integrated early childhood services.
• Manage the collection and analysis of national and local data in partnership with the local authority and partners, to evaluate and demonstrate the impact of the children\'s centre services and inform future planning using the Early Help Management system (EHM).

Requirements / Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working with children, young people and families, with managerial experience in a relevant professional area.
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other agencies and professions.
• Demonstrable experience in collating, analysing and reporting data from a range of sources and using this to make recommendations for performance improvement.
• Previous experience of using the casework management system Early Help Management (EHM) is desirable.

How to apply

If you are interested in finding out more about this exciting opportunity, please register your interest and submit your CV by clicking 'apply now' below. CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Location and working arrangements

Please note, this role will be based at the Mole Valley Family Centre in Dorking (with one day working from home, after successful completion of probationary period).