Family Hub Manager

At Northumberland County Council we are proud of our employees, who are passionate and committed to improving outcomes for our children and young people, ensuring that they feel safe, healthy, happy, and ready to learn and achieve.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in our North Locality for a Family Hub Manager. Mainly working in our Hadston and Alnwick Family Hubs.
This is an exciting time for Northumberland. as we are part of the national Family Hub Programme.
The principles of the Family Hub development are that we will be more accessible to families, better connected to drive progress on joining up and providing a whole family approach, and more relationship centred, building on family and community strengths.
Family Hubs offer services, universal and targeted for 0-19-year-olds (and 25 for young people with SEND), the delivery is based on a hub spoke and virtual model and provides a network of co-located, connected, virtual and digital services to support families through various interventions and programmes.
We are seeking to employ an excellent and passionate Manager whowill effectively manage the day to day running of the Family Hubs with experienced colleagues, partners and organisations. The role is varied and requires multi-agency working at a high level. Our partners include Health Visiting, Midwifery, Mental Health, Schools, Early Years settings, Childrens Social Care and many others. All this work is to improve outcomes for children and families in our communities.
You will need to be an effective communicator, organiser and leader who wants to deliver an excellent childcare service to give children the best start in life. You will ensure that the delivery is compliant with relevant Ofsted legislation, including that relating to safeguarding. For further details about the role please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

This role is for 3 days minimum with a possibility to being full time.
If would like an informal conversation please call
Lesley Grieve, Family Help Locality Manager
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

• -26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)


• -Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

-Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
-Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
-Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
-A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available

• Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Apprenticeship, Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality