Family Hub Manager

Job Description

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK's first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Are you passionate about designing and delivering preventative services for children, young people and families? Do you have experience in leading a team and developing services to prevent an escalation of need? Are you solution focused and collaborative in your approach?

To manage and co-ordinate the work of the Family Hubs across Lewisham to ensure the provision of a high quality and effective service to children, young people, and families through multi-agency teams of professionals working together to support families

Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

You will have experience in leading a team in a range of frontline services for children, young people and families. You will have a passion for preventative services to reduce escalation into specialist services. You will be keen on reducing inequalities and ensuring that services are accessible to seldom heard groups. You will put co-production and families' needs at the heart of decision making.

The job is primarily based across Lewisham Family Hubs and Network Sites.

• Weekend working is required for this job
• The job is subject to an enhanced DBS check

For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Lou Neville-Ball, Family Hubs Group Manager,  on

£53,994 - £56,154 per annum (PO4)

N.B:
All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at

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