Family Coordinator

Family Help Coordinator
SO1 (£35,570 - £40,444)
37 hours, Full-Time
Temporary (June 2027)
Hybrid:
One Stockport Family Hub, Westmorland Drive, Brinnington, SK5 8HH
with some homeworking

Final date to receive applications: 30th September 2026, 11:59pm
Shortlisting Date: 1st October 2026
Interview Date: 8th & 9th October 2026
Interview Type:
In person

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Your Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Family Help Coordinator to join our Family Help teams.
You will provide a front-line service, working to in line with Stockport Family’s start well and early help strategies and the healthy child programme 0-19 to ensure families receive the right response at the right time.

You will act as the lead professional for families, completing assessments, engaging with children and families to understand their daily lives and leading team around the family meetings.

About You

You will be experienced in direct work with children and families, in a variety of settings including family homes.

You will be passionate and committed to improve outcomes for Children and Families. You always consider the voice of the child, young person in the context of the family and community functioning.

You may have experience of facilitating groups and using evidence-based programmes to work with parents, children and young people to achieve positive behaviour change.

You will be committed to your professional development, take up the vast amount of learning opportunities on offer and be excited about being part of Stockport Family.

Please see the role profile for more information about this exciting opportunity.

Those who have applied for this role in the last six months, need not apply.

About Us

If you join us, you will be working within Stockport Family which is an integrated Education, Health and Care service which puts children, young people and families at the heart of our provision.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Avril Wyke via email  to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check
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Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://greater.jobs/content/13405/greater-manchester-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.

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