Early Help Advisor
| Posting date: | 31 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 April 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75693163 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade F. Scale 17 - £30,060 to Scale 22 - £32,654
Hours per Week: 36
Base Location: Locality based in Tameside Family Hubs
North Family Hub- St Peters, Trafalgar Square, Ashton Under Lyne. OL7 0LL
East Family Hub- Ridgehill, Schools Cresent, Stalybridge SK15 1EA
South Family Hub- Hyde Flowery, Old Road, SK14 4SQ
West Family Hub- Greenside Lane, Droylsden M47 7RA
Location to be confirmed on appointment
Interview Date: Tuesday, 6th May 2025
The Role
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Early Help Adviser to support, promote and identify Early Help Support within the Tameside area. The EH Adviser will ensure support is offered at the earliest opportunity by working closely with a range of professionals and offering support, advice and guidance where Early needs are identified.
The Early Help Adviser will work closely with the MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding HUB) Schools, Health, Nurseries and many other professionals who lead and complete Early Help Assessments (EHA).
The Early Help Adviser will support professionals to ensure that all families receive support, advice and guidance at the earliest opportunity to prevent any further escalation of risk.
This role includes working in partnership with other services to effect change and improve outcomes for Children, Young People and Families. You will be expected to take a lead role in communicating with Children, Young People, Families and partners to identify appropriate services within Early Help and to identify risks that require a Social Care response.
About You
Candidates must have excellent communication skills. This role is office based with visits to settings/meetings where required.
You must be able to develop and maintain strong relationships with partner agencies and services and have a strong knowledge of Early Help Assessments.
The Early Help Advisers work with Children, Young People and Families 0-19yrs, schools, family hubs, health partners, voluntary organisations and other key agencies in developing sustainable changes for families.
About Us
Message from Jill Colbert, Director of Children’s Services
“I joined the council at the beginning of 2025 and was instantly charmed by the warmth, openness, and energy of colleagues.
“I came to Tameside for one reason; because I know we can do fantastic things for our families here.
“We’re a children’s service on a significant improvement journey. We know what needs to be different for our children and families and we’re ambitious to deliver that change.
“We have a growing range of specialist services for children, where you can test and grow your skills and practice. We have a Social Work Academy that is led by people who bring passion to learning and who know that the DCS’ of the future are right in front of them. We are working on our progression pathways so that staying in Tameside is rewarded and recognised. We have investment in innovation and improvement from the council so that we can grow services and support for families that we can sustain, from family hubs through to complex safeguarding.
“I am so certain that we can build a proud, inclusive and safe climate for great practice to flourish in Tameside. I’d love you to join me on the journey here at Team Tameside.”
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high-quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do, and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things is just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Emma Lewis on 0161 342 5197 or emma.lewis@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: DPT691
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