Family & Healthy Relationships Co-ordinator

Coventry City Council; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the UK is looking for a new leader for its Family Relationships Team to support families in building healthy relationships and reducing parental conflict. Your role includes implementing evidence-based interventions and collaborating with a variety of services to ensure positive outcomes for children and parents. The ideal candidate will have experience in working with families facing complex challenges and will be proactive in driving improvements. A relevant qualification and the right to work in the UK are required.

Benefits

Comprehensive rewards and benefits package

Guaranteed Interview Scheme for specific groups

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of working with children, young people, and families in early years, social care, health, or school settings.
• Training in evidence-based parenting or relationship programmes required.
• Experience of working with diverse and complex needs delivering direct support or group interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate initiatives that support families in building healthy relationships.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions to reduce parental conflict.
• Train and support practitioners in best practices for conflict resolution.

Skills

Understanding of family relationships experiencing parental conflict

Knowledge of the impact of parental conflict on children’s well-being

Experience in delivering group work or training

Self-driven and proactive approach

Ability to build trust and positive relationships

Adaptable and resilient in changing environments

Education

Relevant level 3 qualification

Job description

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias. Early Help responds to the emerging needs of children and their families, focusing on building their resilience as well as providing help at a time when evidence indicates that support can have the most impact. Coventry continues to invest in the Early Help Service and is proud of the work that is delivered by a multi agency team from the 8 Family Hubs located in the communities across the city. We are dedicated and committed to help empower children, young people, and families to build resilience and thrive. By collaborating with the Supporting Families Teams, Social Care Teams and a wide range of partners we will ensure that families receive the right help at the right time by the right people. Coventry was one of the 15 Local Authorities who was selected to be a ‘trailblazer’ we will share our learning and best practise with other Local Authorities across the UK. We will continue to lead the way and being able to evidence the difference we make to children and families lives. Join us in making a difference.

Our Values

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

What is the job role? Fixed Term Role. We are excited to recruit a new role within our already established Family Relationships Team. To lead and coordinate initiatives that support families in building healthy relationships and reducing parental conflict, ensuring positive outcomes for children and parents. To support the early identification and reduction of parental conflict, ensuring that children and young people are protected from its harmful effects. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions, supporting practitioners, and working in partnership with families and agencies to promote positive parental relationships. To work in partnership with a range of services such as Health, Schools, Early Years providers, Housing, Police, and third sector organisations to empower families to sustain positive changes that will improve the outcomes for children and young people. To lead on and be responsible for the planning and delivery of evidence based individual and group work programmes to families experiencing parental conflict. Monitor and evaluate the impact of interventions. Train and support practitioners in best practices for conflict resolution. Maintain accurate records and report on progress to stakeholders. All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

• Understanding of family relationships who are experiencing parental conflict
• Knowledge of impact of parental conflict on children’s well being
• Training in evidence-based parenting or relationship programmes
• Experience in delivering group work or training
• Experience working in a relational approach in practice
• Experience of working with families with diverse and complex needs delivering direct support or group interventions
• Self‑driven and proactive & ready to take the lead on building this new role, show initiative and find opportunities to share with partners through Coventry City
• Be Professional yet approachable and able to build trust and positive relationships
• Adaptable, resilient and comfortable working in a changing environment and staying focused when challenges arise. Working closely with parents, partners, and colleagues
• Committed to making a real difference – because every family deserves the chance to flourish
• Relevant level 3 qualification and substantial experience of working with children, young people and families in early years, social care, health or school settings

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans; Are currently in care or have previously been in care; If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long‑term health condition

If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: 21/1/2026

About Coventry: Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting‑edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies