About the role

The parenting practitioners will be responsible for coordinating Bury’s parenting programmes forChildren aged 0-5 years; ensuring that parents / carers have access to the right parenting support & programmes as and when needed across all stages of their child’s life.

The practitioners will collaborate with our partner agencies who are providing parenting programmes to enable Bury to have a comprehensive offer across the continuum of need. The practitioners will screen requests for support, identifying the most appropriate parenting programme / support for individual families. They will facilitate some of the group parenting programmes, as well as coordinating the trained practitioners to deliver parenting programmes both on a 1-1 and group basis. There will be a robust offer, and a rolling programme of parenting courses available, in person and virtual which will be managed by the parenting practitioners. They will be responsive to local need, ensuring that targeted programmes are offered in neighbourhoods when needed.

The Early Parenting practitioners will work closely with the Parenting Practitioners based within the Early Help team to coordinate referrals and delivery across the borough to ensure a cohesive offer for all parents in Bury from Universal provision through to specialist support.

The parenting practitioners will regularly evaluate the parenting programme’s being delivered, ensuring that positive outcomes are being achieved for children, young people and families. Where need necessitates in local areas, ‘pop-up parenting’ workshops will be created and delivered to target specific need i.e., preparing children for starting school.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

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If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Samantha Mclaren s.mclaren@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on - TBC

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