Family & Community Navigator

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Family Hubs team as a Family & Community Navigator. This 18.5 hour fixed term role is full time until 31st March 2027 and is based at County Hall in Glenfield but is predominantly out working in communities across the county.

Are you skilled at engaging families and able to help them access services/support effectively? Do you have a working knowledge of the national Reducing Parental Conflict agenda? Do you have substantial experience working across the wider early help system and the benefits of collaboration? Are you comfortable working on a number of projects at the same time?,

• NNEB/NVQ3 or equivalent in Childcare, Youth and Community, Health and Social Care, IAG, Community Regeneration or other relevant area. Or demonstrable experience.
• Ability to engage children and parents from different backgrounds with a wide range of communication needs/preferences
• Experience of developing community projects
• Knowledge of the national framework for Family Hubs and service ethos
• Comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child
• Ability to work with a range of professionals from many different organisations
• Committed to promoting inclusion
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we'd love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. Without this information, we won't be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.