Family Help Coordinator

Stockport Council; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

Join Stockport Council as a Family Help Co-ordinator, providing vital front-line services for families. This part-time, hybrid role is integral to implementing early help strategies and supporting children and families in need. Your experience and passion will make a significant impact in this community-centric position.

Qualifications

• Experienced in direct work with children and families.
• Facilitates groups using evidence-based programs.
• Committed to professional development and improving outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide a front-line service working with families.
• Ensure families receive timely responses in line with strategies.
• Work collaboratively with various services to enhance family support.

Skills

Direct work with children and families

Group facilitation

Positive behaviour change

Education

Experience in family support settings

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Family Help Co-ordinator
SO1 (£33,366 - £37,938 pro rata)
18.5 Hours, Part Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stockport Civic Complex with some homeworking

Application Deadline: 21st July 2025 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 23rd July 2025
Interview Date: 31st July and 1st August 2025
Interview Type: Face to face

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Your Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Family Help Coordinator to join our newly designed Family Help teams.

You will provide a front-line service, working to in line with Stockport Family’s start well and early help strategies, national supporting families programme and the healthy child programme 0-19 to ensure families receive the right response at the right time.

About You

You will be experienced in direct work with children and families, in a variety of settings including family homes.

You will be passionate and committed to improve outcomes for Children and Families. You always consider the voice of the child, young person in the context of the family and community functioning.

You will have experience of facilitating groups and using evidence-based programmes to work with parents, children and young people to achieve positive behaviour change.

You will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about being part of Stockport Family.

Please see the Job Profile for more information about this exciting opportunity.

About Us

If you join us, you will be working within Stockport Family which is an integrated Education, Health and Care service which puts children, young people and families at the heart of our provision.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Victoria McLeod on 07866999752 or [emailprotected] for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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