About the role

Deputy Locality Manager

Service: Wythenshawe Family Centres and Family Hubs
Salary: Starting at £32,635 to £36,158 FTE per annum* - Grade 3 (Upper) point 24-28
Location: Office based - Wythenshawe Family Centres and Family Hubs, Wythenshawe, M22/M23
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week) - we offer flexible working arrangements, please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities. We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Locality Manager to join the team at Wythenshawe Family Hubs. We want an individual who is passionate about supporting our aim to make a positive difference and improve outcomes for children, young people and families living in Wythenshawe.

The Family Hub model is rolling out in Manchester and this is an opportunity to be part of the leadership team to develop our offer of support to families with children up to 19 (25 with SEND), offering and signposting local families to accessible support when and where they need it and to inspire, manage and develop our staff team to deliver

Main Responsibilities:

1. Work with the Locality Manager to lead the local delivery of the Early Years and Family Hub offer across a group of Family Centres and Hubs.
2. Provide line management, supervision, and oversight of staff and volunteers, in line with Family Action Policy and Procedure
3. Manage referrals and allocation for 1:1 outreach support and keep accurate and up to date records, using identified systems and processes
4. Ensure safeguarding standards and practices are followed in line with organisational and local Council policies and procedures
5. Ensure the provision of services responds to changing needs of families and target groups, and are effective and responsive to need
6. Support performance reporting and attend performance monitoring meetings to share insights

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Leading a team of Outreach Workers to deliver a safe, effective Early Years and Family Hub offer across Wythenshawe, providing clear direction and strong leadership.
• Supporting the Locality Manager to develop and deliver the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme and a joint working approach, coordinating services for families from pre-birth to 19 (25 SEND).
• Supporting the Locality Manager in the delivery of integrated services that improve children’s social, emotional, and educational outcomes, meaning that children will be healthier, safer, happier, more resilient and better able to enjoy new learning opportunities
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced, Child Workforce

Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Friday 11th September at 23:59

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 17th September virtually, with slots from 12.30pm. For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: julie.philbin@family-action.org.uk

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.