Early Consultant

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to become an Early Help Consultant within our newly established Family Help Service. The role is an essential part of ensuring both the service and partnership are supported, to provide support to children and families at the earliest opportunity. You will work directly with partners to support early help practice and approaches across the partnership, deliver workforce training and development across Family Help and the wider partnership, and support quality assurance activity to promote practice improvement across the Early Help system.

You will be focused on relational practice, quickly build relationships and rapport with colleagues and partners, and have experience building effective relationships across diverse partners. You will have a strong understanding and experience of Early Help, safeguarding and multi‑agency working, with confidence to offer consultation, coaching and constructive challenge.

• Lead Professional experience in Early Help, including coordinating plans and managing thresholds.
• Experience delivering training, consultation and support to practitioners, and evidence of how this improved outcomes or practice.
• Experience quality assuring Early Help practice, including audits, identifying areas for improvement and driving better standards.

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible work opportunities
• Access to a Pension Scheme
• Wellbeing and support services

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. DBS clearance is required. Employment offers are conditional on satisfactory clearances. The role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is a designated customer‑facing role requiring a specified level of spoken English.

For an informal discussion about the role or to learn more, please contact Lauren Ashton at