About the role
North Northamptonshire is one of 75 local authorities nationally that has been awarded transformational funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to develop the Family Hubs & Start for Life programme across the unitary area.
This is an exciting new role which will proactively develop and support multi-agency partnerships, as well as parent/carer panels and lead the implementation of Children & Young people participation – ensuring the voice of the child and young person is heard and present throughout the development of strategies, initiatives and programmes of work to improve the sustainability of Family Hubs ensuring the services that are delivered meet the needs of the families of North Northamptonshire. For an informal discussion, email Melanie.Newman@northnorthants.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
The role will champion co-production with the key aspects of the role including;
- Fostering and influencing engagement and commitment of all relevant partners in an integrated approach to 'hearing the voice of' Children and Young people
- Leading on the development and implementation of a participation and engagement strategy across the Family Hubs Network, including work already undertaken as part of the co-production charter.
- Explore and identify gaps and opportunities in provision, and where necessary, lead multi-agency work to develop, plan and implement solutions and improvements.
- To provide expert advice, training and support to internal and external stakeholders, including parent / carer networks and children & young people in the delivery of family hubs service plans and outcomes to ensure communities are supported and equipped to advocate broader reach to attain relevant outcomes.
- To identify, explore and develop proposals for external sources of funding that will help support local development of outcomes relating to Family Hubs and specifically the Youth agenda.
(Please refer to the Job Description for further detail)
About you
You will be a proactive and self-motivated individual who is emotionally intelligent and is eager to help drive the Children's Service vision of 'We will be our best, so every child can be their best'.
You will act as a champion for children, young people and families, and empathically encourage and support meaningful engagement which in turn fosters a culture of co-production across multi-agencies partners.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
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