Family Hub Navigator

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Salford Family Partnership hubs are places within local communities across Salford offering services and support for children, young people and families.

Salford is a trailblazer area and will become the national leaders for the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programmes, making the quickest improvements to services and sharing learning and best practices with all Local Authorities in the country.

Salford CVS have been working with Salford City Council’s Early Help Team on the first and second years of the Family Hub work.  Our role has been consulting with communities through the Seeds of Change Box and Wishing Tree project; engaging Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector organisations and Volunteers.  We also manage a family hub small grants scheme providing small grants to VCSE organisations to support them to deliver their services as part of the family hub partnership.

We are seeking two dedicated family hub navigators to work across the city of Salford to improve the wellbeing of parents and carers in the following cohorts:-

• Young parents
• Fathers
• Families (Communities of identity)

The Connectors will work with individuals to explore ‘what matters to them’, consider their strengths and interests identify an appropriate activity or service and connect them to it.  The roles will be embedded within our wider family hub work and will link to our Wellbeing Matters Programme, which supports people to feel more connected to their community, more confident and less isolated by linking them into local groups and services.

We are looking for someone who:

• Will enjoy working within a team of dedicated, friendly people who believe in making a difference in Salford
• Will engage and build relationships with VCSE organisations and Family Hub teams
• Is confident working with people using a person centred and strengths based approach

If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!

Further information on the role and on how to apply can be found here.