Parenting Co-Ordinator

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract Until March 2025

 

Contract Reason: Subject to funding

 

Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment 

 

Salary: Grade F SCP 17 £28,770 - SCP 22 £31,364

 

Hours: 36 Hours per Week 

 

Base Location: North Family Hub

 

Closing Date: 24th May 2024

 

Assessment Date: To be arranged

 

The Role

 

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Parenting Co-ordinator to work throughout the borough of Tameside. The successful candidate will be expected to support the development of the parenting and parental conflict offer, through a variety of face to face and virtual methods.

 

About You

 

You will be expected to hold a professional qualification in a relevant field or comparable experience in Children’s Services setting. You will be expected to have GCSE Grade C in Maths and English or equivalent. Experience of training in parenting programmes and the delivery of these is desirable.

 

You will be expected to establish and maintain communication with parents/carers of children aged 0-19 years and professionals through the delivery of parenting programmes, one to one support and training.

 

This role will involve working in partnership with Children’s Centre services including health, family intervention, education and the voluntary sector, to ensure services are delivered effectively and meet the needs of families and young children in Tameside.

 

About Us

 

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

 

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  

Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

For an informal discussion please contact Rachel Berrisford at rachel.berrisford@tameside.gov.uk or 07971 800 378. 

 

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

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