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Job Title: Families First Co-ordinator
Location: Based in Stevenage, covering Broxbourne, East Herts, Welwyn/Hatfield
Starting Salary: £27,344 with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £30,151
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

Diversity: We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, offering support, guidance, and training to professionals?

The Supporting Families Practice Team deliver training, support, and guidance to professionals supporting families through early help intervention to ensure that they are receiving the right support at the right time from the right services.

The Supporting Families Practice Team sits within Supporting Families in Children’s Services, delivering early help training and support to Families First Practitioners across Hertfordshire. This role will not be working directly with families but supporting those that do. This role will be offering support across the districts of Broxbourne, East Herts and Welwyn Hatfield.

The Families First Coordinator will support partners and practitioners with information on core offers of services available, supporting them to navigate around the district and be knowledgeable about services. They will be visible throughout all districts and provide Early Help support including 1:1 coaching and support to all key worker’s supporting families across Hertfordshire.

The Families First Coordinator will be managed by the Senior Families First Coordinator and will work in close collaboration with their Senior Coordinator ensuring that Early Help support is delivered to partners in a clear effective way to ensure positive outcomes for families across Hertfordshire.

The role will entail attending Team Around the Family Meetings which you may be required to Chair and or minute take, offering Early Help Module System support and guidance around using the system to evidence impact and undertake Families First Assessments (FFA’s). While you will not be undertaking direct work with families, you will be required to meet with them to help identify their needs and assist their Key Worker to undertake a Families First Assessment with the family and devise a SMART Action Plan to help meet the family’s needs.

You will also be required to deliver group and 1:1 training to Professionals across Hertfordshire both virtually and in person.

The job requires:

• A sound knowledge and understanding of Integrated Practice and Multi-agency working to deliver Early Help
• Knowledge of current legislation relating to children and young people.
• Excellent communications and people skills in dealing with enquiries, supporting, and encouraging users
• Experience of managing professional conflict and difficult conversations
• Negotiation skills for effective partnership working and the ability to problem solve
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Excellent ICT skills
• Previous experience of delivering training would be beneficial but is not required.
• You will need to have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as you will be expected to transport yourself between appointments and meetings

This is an opportunity for you to develop positive working relationships with a range of professionals and allow you to be an active part in supporting them to help change the lives of the families they work with for the better, ensuring positive sustainable change to local communities across Hertfordshire.

Closing Date: 18th June 2023
Interview Date: 26th June 2023

For an informal discussion and more information please contact: Serena Yearwood, Team manager on 01438 845678 or email [email protected]

English Fluency: The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. For more information Click Here

Fixed Term and/or Secondment: This is a Fixed Term or Secondment vacancy. If you work for HCC or any other Local Authority and would like to be considered as a Secondment contract, please ensure you complete the attached Secondment Form as part of your application. If you do not, your application will be considered as a Fixed Term Contract only.