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Family Hub Connector
£34,292 - £44,147 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 hours)
Roehampton

Do you have the passion, drive and creativity to support children and families to ensure they reach their full potential and achieve the best outcomes?

Our Family Hubs offer support to children and families from conception to 19 years or up to 25 years for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with the Start for Life offer at their core, supporting children and parents through each developmental stage.

As a Family Hub Connector, you will work collaboratively with a diverse range of services and partners to reduce inequalities, improve access and connections between families, professionals and services so children, young people and their families receive the right support at the right time.

About the role
As the Family Hub Connector, you will work with a team of multi-agency professionals to deliver the Family Hub and Best Start for Life offer. You will be at the heart of the community, in family homes, supporting parents through evidence-based interventions to enable them to support their children to have the best start in life and reach their full potential.  

You will play a crucial role in leading and delivering a range of interventions including targeted outreach and family support, high quality Early Years learning based activities and groups using the Early Years Foundation Stage, Development Matters and the Best Start for Life – a Vision for the 1001 critical days for children and families, as well as connecting children young people and their families to universal and targeted community services. 

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

• Minimum Level 3 qualification in Childcare & Education or primary education, health, or social work.
• Level 4 award in work with parents (would be ideal).
• Extensive experience of working with children and families in the community.
• Experience of visiting and delivering interventions in the family home.
• Sound knowledge of child development to support a good level of development.
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding and commitment to undertaking risk assessments of the work environment to ensure safety to self and others.

If you meet the above criteria and would like to make a lasting impact on the lives of children and their families, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Team Manager, Jennie Ramsey at Jennie.Ramsey@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk

Closing Date: 1st August 2025
Shortlisting Date: w/c 4th August 2025
Interview Date: w/c 18th August 2025

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.  

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.   We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.  

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