Families and Communities Support Coordinator

Families and Communities Support Coordinator Salary: £31,000 per annum, FTE Hours: Part-time, 25 hours per week (negotiable) Contract: Permanent Location: Home-Start Elmbridge, Walton-on-Thames Responsible to: Director of Services Home-Start is one of the UK's leading family support charities.

Our ethos is to help parents build better lives and better futures for their children. At Home-Start Elmbridge we do this by recruiting and training local parent volunteers to offer practical and emotional support to families in their own homes.

We also have dedicated Carer Support Co-ordinators who support families with illness, disability or additional needs and we offer other types of support such as crisis support and counselling. An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Families and Communities Support Co-ordinator.

About the role As Families and Communities Support Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for: Ensuring allocated caseload of families receive the most appropriate form of support, monitoring and reviewing from referral to completion Implementing good safeguarding practice in all areas of work, promoting children's welfare at all times Contributing to the recruitment and ongoing training, and providing regular support and supervision of home-visiting volunteers Support the planning and delivery of family activities, groups, and projects.

Work within the community to engage and support families across Elmbridge. Promote family wellbeing, financial resilience, and community engagement Develop and maintain effective partnerships with local organisations and services to ensure families can access appropriate support (e.g. financial, housing, health, wellbeing and family support services) We're looking for someone with: Proven experience of supporting parents and young children in a paid or voluntary capacity A solid understanding of safeguarding practices and experience working with vulnerable families

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