Library Team Assistant (Family and Community Champion)

As a Library Team Assistant (Family and Community Champion), you'll play a vital role in supporting families to access services that improve health and wellbeing. Working at the heart of the community, you'll help raise awareness and increase take-up of the Healthy Start Scheme, alongside the library's wider early years, public health and Best Start offer. You'll ensure families feel welcomed, supported and confident. This is a rewarding, people-focused role, ideal for someone passionate about early years, public health and community engagement, and who enjoys making a real difference. You'll work across libraries and community settings, building relationships, delivering activities and helping to reduce inequalities for families who need support most. What you'll do

• Promote the Healthy Start Scheme and the library's wider offer to families, both within libraries and through community outreach.
• Provide guidance to parents and carers on digital applications, helping them navigate online forms and access wider digital support where needed.
• Deliver engaging outreach and early years activities, including workshops, drop-ins and pop-up events.
• Work collaboratively with health visitors, early years teams, schools, community groups and other library colleagues.
• Signpost families to relevant library services and community support and gather feedback to help improve services.
  
  Experience working with families, children or community groups, or a strong interest in early years and family wellbeing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a warm, empathetic approach.
• Confidence supporting people with basic digital tasks and online processes.
• Ability to work independently, manage time effectively and support small scale events and activities.
• A strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring services are welcoming and accessible to all., Disability Confident
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Why join us
• Make a visible, positive impact on families' health, wellbeing and access to support.
• Work in a varied, community based role with supportive colleagues and strong partnerships.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• Competitive benefits package, including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.