Start Well Team Leader (Early Years)

Start Well Team Leader (Early Years)
MB4 (£45,091 £51,356 or £27,420 - £31,230 for part time role)
Post 1 - 37 Hours, Full Time
Post 2 - 22.5 Hours, Part Time
Permanent
Stockport Family Hubs / Health Centres across Stockport

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 29th April 2026
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 30th April 2026
Interview Date: 6th & 7th May 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face

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Your Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a leading role in shaping our Start Well service within Stockport’s Family Hub Neighbourhood model.

This role provides operational leadership for the Start Well neighbourhood teams within the Family Hub Neighbourhood model, ensuring high quality, joined up support for children and families across the 019 offer. As part of the neighbourhood leadership team, you will coordinate multi disciplinary delivery, promote evidence based practice, and drive consistent pathways and improved outcomes.

A key focus is enhancing school readiness across Stockport and supporting disadvantaged communities and children with additional needs, including SEND.

Working collaboratively across Council and NHS partners, you will ensure safe, effective services aligned to policy frameworks and contribute to an integrated health, care and education system for Stockport families.

About You

You will be a confident leader who is passionate about giving every child the best start in life. You’ll be skilled at bringing people together across services, building strong relationships, and driving high quality, joined up support for families and be ready to lead teams through change. If you’re committed to improving outcomes and making a real difference for Stockport families, we’d love to hear from you

About Us

You’ll join a supportive, passionate leadership team who are committed to deliver high quality, joined up support for children and families across the 019 offer.

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 Hayley Rowen at hayley.rowen@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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 to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.

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