Job Details:
Outreach Worker – Schools & Engagement Lead

Job Description

Summary of job: 

The post holder will be passionate about supporting our aim to make a positive difference and improve outcomes for children, young people and families living in Wythenshawe to get children ready for school, promote positive parenting and parental aspirations and support child and family life and health chances.

The Outreach Worker will have a primary focus to provide front line, high quality group and individual interventions both universal and targeted for children pre-birth to age 5 and their parents. 

Based in local Children’s Centres, Outreach Workers will work in partnership with Start Well partners  and other services to ensure that children pre-birth to 5 years and their parents, particularly those identified as priority and excluded, are signposted to the full range of services provided by Wythenshawe Children’s Centres and within the community to ensure their needs are met.

This role will be an Early Years School Link & Engagement Lead, including engaging with schools and completing the REAL intervention and other targeted projects as required. Developing and building on relationships and partnership working with other agencies and organisations to increase reach and referrals to the service to support families with children under 5.

Benefits: 

• an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
• up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
• 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