Children and Family Hub Manager

About Hackney Education:

Hackney Education provides a range of services to support the education of children, young people, and adults in our inner London borough. Hackney is one of the UK's highest performing local authorities, serving one of London's best places to live and work. Within our diverse borough we serve a wide range of children and young people. We have a particular focus on supporting less advantaged families: Hackney figures in the 10% most deprived boroughs in England on a number of measures.

Hackney Education's key priority is to improve the life chances of every child, young person, and learner: making Hackney the most forward-looking education system in the UK, where schools, settings and partners provide an exciting environment which ensures inclusion and success for everyone. We see our borough as being one of the best places in the country for young people to grow, learn, develop, and achieve - and one of the best places for colleagues to work and thrive in our education system.

Details of the role:

Job title Children and Family Hub Manager

Salary PO12, £69,258 to £71,556

Terms and Conditions Full time, Permanent

Location Linden Children and Family Hub

This is an exciting and highly sought after opportunity. We are looking for an experienced leader, with significant management and early years' experience to lead Linden Children and Family Hub and Childcare.

The successful candidate will have high aspirations to achieve excellent outcomes for children and their families, aged 0 - 19 years (25 with SEND) living in Hackney. You will provide a safe, caring, and stimulating environment, in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework; and compliance with Ofsted regulations.

Through your strong leadership, you will motivate and inspire the Children and Family Hub Partnership to strive towards a common goal. You will be ambitious and realistic and have energy and drive to take forward this exciting agenda. Data insight and an evaluation of services will underpin the strategic direction across the neighbourhood and inform the development of new services.

Your experience and knowledge will help to forge relationships that are integral to the success of the programme, and bridge the gap between the council, key partners, and the voluntary and community sector.

You will have significant safeguarding knowledge to lead the early help multi-agency family support team, ensuring that vulnerable children and their families receive the help they need, when they need it.

If you have any questions, please contact

Interested?

Closing date: 22:59, 24 November 2024.

Further information:

Hackney Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. As this role involves regulated activity, the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and additional pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education gov.uk statutory guidance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included, and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age, and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people and people from a black and global majority background as these groups are currently under represented in our workforce.