Family Navigator LBHF615344

Job Details:

Salary Range: £41,964 - £44,430 pro rata per annum (actual salary £20,982 - £22,215 per annum)
Work Location: Stephen Wiltshire Centre, Queensmill Road, Hammersmith, London SW6 6JR 
Hours per week: 18
Contract type: Permanent 

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check  
Closing date: 16 December 2024
Interview date: Week commencing 6 January 2025  
Contact details for Informal discussion: Shelley Mulligan, SWC Delivery Manager via email: SHELLEY.MULLIGAN@LBHF.GOV.UK 

About the role

Do you have experience of working with children with disabilities and complex needs and their families? Do you have experience of case holding and undertaking assessments? Are you passionate about ensuring all children can achieve their full potential?

We are currently recruiting a Family Navigator (18hours per week) to work in our new Stephen Wiltshire Centre, specialist Family Hub. You will support children with disabilities and their families to navigate services and access local support.

You will deliver under 5’s play and stay sessions, specialist session for other age groups and parents support meetings. You will assist in the delivery of parenting programs.

The main work strands include: 

• Providing a front line duty function for the Stephen Wiltshire Centre Family hub, monitoring the inbox, answering calls and welcoming and supporting visitors to the centre. 
• You will provide navigation, co-ordination, information, and support to parents whose children have additional needs and disabilities, aged 0-18.
• Deliver and co-ordinate a varied offer of groups and activities as part of the specialist hub offer
• Undertaking assessments and action plans to identify and deliver appropriate support
• Working closely and making referrals to partners including Education, Health and Social Care, voluntary sector partners to best support families
• Manage a small caseload of children with longer-term needs for support
• Support children and families through key transitions, including into education.

Applications for this role should be submitted via the Hammersmith and Fulham Job Vacancy portal by 16th December 2024.  Interviews to be held w/b 6th January 2025.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, please contact Shelley Mulligan, Stephen Wiltshire Centre Manager on 07773 344 050 or Becky Powell on 07786027140. 

Please refer to the Role Profile for more information.

Our People Values:

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

We are fair
We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.

We are caring
We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.

We are collaborators
We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.

We are driven
We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Our commitment to you:

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to find out more.

We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.

It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click HERE.

Asking for Adjustments

We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at resourcing-peopleandtalent@lbhf.gov.uk or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JU