Parenting Officer Oldham, England
Job description
This opportunity is open to internal and external applicants and registered applications of the Get Oldham Working scheme. However, where a meaningful shortlist can be drawn from internal applications in the first instance, and residents of Oldham subsequently, these applicants shall be given priority access to the vacancy in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy. Please state if you are Registered to the Get Oldham Working scheme or an Oldham Resident in the Knowledge and Experience section of the application form.
Education, Skills and Early Years
Early Years/Family Hubs
Ref: G6/OL-80437
Contract: Fixed Term (31st March 2025) - 4 positions available
Salary: £30,151 - £33,820 per annum (Grade 6)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Oldham Council, Level 4, Civic Centre, Oldham Council, OL1 1UT
Closing Date: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.
Job Description & Person Specification.docx
Role Overview:
To deliver Oldham’s parenting offer (advice, information, peer support, training, and delivery) to increase Oldham parents’ capacity for positive, effective parenting practices across the continuum of need. To increase accessibility to the parenting offer with a particular focus on universal access.
Key Responsibilities:
- To deliver a range of evidence-based parenting coaching and mentoring programmes/services to meet the needs of parents of children pre-birth to 19 years old (24 years for young people with SEND) in different districts.
- To liaise with key professionals to support packages of work/care plans and integrated working that support positive and progressive outcomes for children.
- To service the integrated referral processes (pre-birth to 5 years).
- To facilitate the full and positive involvement of service users/customers, community representatives and volunteers in the development, monitoring and evaluation of the service.
- To support the delivery of the communication and engagement strategy that will encompass families, stakeholders and cabinet members/senior officers in the NHS and LA.
Key Requirements:
- Educated to a minimum of NVQ Level 4 within a relevant field e.g. Early Years, Early Help, Youth and Community Work, Teaching, Health, Social Care, or equivalent experience.
- Experience of delivering and co-design of services in collaboration with children, young people, parents, families, and communities.
- To have a good knowledge of the range of parenting programmes and interventions across GM.
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).
If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.
Diversity and Inclusion:
At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.
About Us:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham
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