What is the job role?
Are you passionate about supporting children and families? If so, please continue to read.
Coventry is one of the Local Authorities in England that delivers services to children and families through the Family Hubs and Best Start in Life Programme, with an aim to help improve health and education outcomes for babies, children and their families.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to become part of a team that will lead the way for others whilst learning and developing your own knowledge and skills. You will take an active role working with partner organisations, local communities, and residents to achieve the best outcomes for children and families. You will be responsible for the delivery of interventions and activities for children aged pre-birth to 5 within the Family Hub Framework.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who are able to build effective relationships with children, young people, families and partners. You will be able to see the life of a child using the lens of a ‘whole family approach’.
You will to have the necessary skills to provide a service that achieves better outcomes for children, young people and their families through the development and delivery of a local integrated early help offer and services.
You will be able to provide direct support and help to children, young people and their families through the delivery of a varied family support offer to improve outcomes for children through the delivery of the Family Hub and the Best Start in Life Programme
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
1. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
2. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
3. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date: 16 April
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.