Family Help Co-ordinator
SO1 (£34,434 - £39,152 pro-rata, actual salary £17,217 - £19,567)
Part Time Hours, Permanent
Full Time - 37 Hours Temporary (March 2027)
Hybrid: Stockport Civic Complex or Abingdon Road Family Hub with some homeworking
Application Deadline: 5th October :59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please state clearly in your application whether you are applying for the part time or full time position.
Shortlisting Date: 7th October 2025
Interview Date: 15th and 16th October 2025
Interview Type: Face to face
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Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025
Your Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Family Help Coordinator to join our Family Help teams.
You will provide a front-line service, working to in line with Stockport Family's start well and early help strategies, national supporting families programme and the healthy child programme 0-19 to ensure families receive the right response at the right time.
About You
You will be experienced in direct work with children and families, in a variety of settings including family homes.
You will be passionate and committed to improve outcomes for Children and Families. You always consider the voice of the child, young person in the context of the family and community functioning.
You will have experience of facilitating groups and using evidence-based programmes to work with parents, children and young people to achieve positive behaviour change.
You will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about being part of Stockport Family.
Please see the Job Profile for more information about this exciting opportunity.
About Us
If you join us, you will be working within Stockport Family which is an integrated Education, Health and Care service which puts children, young people and families at the heart of our provision.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Victoria McLeod on or for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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