Family Hub Support Worker 0-11

Role Responsibility

About us:

Here in Kent we’re transforming the way we provide services for children, young people and families. We’re working hard to ensure that our Family Hubs promote resilience, not reliance.

To do this, we provide a full range of interventions tailored to the needs of children, young people and families.

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity within Maidstone for a Family hub Support Worker (working with 0-11 year olds and parents) to join our Team.

Based at a Family Hub in Maidstone, you will be working with children and families from a range of backgrounds, therefore the ability to engage with service users in their own environment is essential – this may be at a Hub, school or in the community. 

The Family Hub Team provide information, advice, support and opportunities, as well as fun activities, for the children and families that use our service.

We are always developing our targeted services and work closely with our colleagues in Early Help and Social Care.

This role is for 37 hours a week and has a starting salary of £23,338.

Comprehensive training opportunities both mandatory and non-mandatory are offered for individual and team development.

About you:

Your ability to understand and communicate effectively with service users in the 0-11 age group and their parents/carers will be important, and knowledge of Early Years Development and perinatal support as well as a willingness to get beside families and encourage them.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact:

Natalie Penfold - Family Hub District Manager

natalie.penfold@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let’s talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.