Family Hub Connector (Maternity Cover)

Family Hub Connector (Maternity Cover)

£34,292 - £44,147 per annum

Fixed Term (12 months)

Full Time (36 hours)

Tooting, London

Expected to work across the Tooting cluster sites if required.

Are passionate about supporting families and children by providing guidance to parents and caregivers to ensure they reach their full potential and improve their outcomes?

Our Family Hubs offer support to families with children of all ages, spanning 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.When joining our Family Hubs you will help us to bring services together to improve access and the connections between families, professionals, services, and providers, and put relationships at the heart of family support.

About the Role

As the Family Hub Connector, you will work within a team of multi-agency professionals, to deliver the Family Hub and Best Start for Life offer improving outcomes and to reduce inequalities between families with greatest need.You will be at the heart of the community, in family homes, supporting parents through evidence-based interventions to enable them to give their babies and children the best start in life.

You will play a crucial role in leading and delivering a range of interventions including targeted outreach and 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 and 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.
• 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, knowledge of safeguarding and commitment to undertaking risk assessments of the work environment to ensure safety to self and others.

Progression Criteria:

• Level 4 award in work with parents.
• Experience of groupwork, parenting and family support with developing plans and case work recording.

If you meet the above criteria and believe in the power of empowering parents and caregivers to create a positive impact on the lives of children, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Philippa Hyams at

Closing Date: 19th January 2025.

Shortlisting Date: Week commencing 20th January 2025.

Interview Date: Week commencing 27th January 2025.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership 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.