Family Coordinator - Home-Visiting

Working alongside our other Family Coordinators, you will play a vital role in our team. You will be the first point of contact for families seeking support and will evaluate referrals and carry out home assessments.  You will also be responsible for managing a team of volunteers who support families in the home.  Your role encompasses matching volunteers with families, providing support to volunteers and delivering training.  Alongside your colleagues you will help in the recruitment of volunteers to ensure volunteers have a rich and rewarding volunteer experience.

This is the perfect opportunity to make a meaningful difference for local families.  Our ideal candidate will:

·        Have experience working in a family support role

·        Have safeguarding experience

·        Have a strong understanding of the needs of families with young children

·        Have knowledge or experience of supporting children’s early learning and development

·        Have experience of being or working with volunteers

·        Be able to demonstrate great people management skills

·        Be able to work collaboratively and build strong networks within the local community and with other agencies

·        Be able to put people at ease and embody the Home-Start ethos of no judgement and #RealLifeParenting.

Hours of work: 30 hours per week

Salary: £28,282 (FTE), pro-rata for part-time hours

We believe that diversity in the workplace enables us to create a relevant, innovative and effective organisation. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from candidates with diverse life experience. We are committed to recruitment that is fair and free from bias.

Home-Start Oxford is a Disability Confident Employer. Please get in touch if you require this information in an alternative format, or to discuss an alternative form of application or other forms of reasonable adjustment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults. We expect all employees to share this commitment, and we ensure it is reflected in our recruitment and selection practices.

Closing date: Midday on Monday 17th June.  With interviews expected to take place on either 28th June or 1st July.

To show our appreciation for your dedication we offer flexible working, 24 days holiday, plus bank holidays (pro rata), and matched employer and employee contributions to a pension scheme (up to 5%). We guarantee that you’ll be working with incredibly friendly and committed colleagues.

This post is subject to an enhanced criminal record check through the Disclosure & Barring Service.