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Job summary

Main area
Universal Children's Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (temporary until March 31st 2027)
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
338-7850116-26-B
Employer
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Maples
Town
East Riding
Salary
£66,582 - £77,368 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/04/2026 23:59

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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust logo

Families First Partnership mobilisation officer

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

The Families First Partnership (FFP) aims to transform children's social care by fostering collaboration between health visitors, social workers, and other professionals to provide early intervention and support for families. It focuses on enhancing "Family Help," improving, safeguarding, and supporting families to stay together.

The Families First Partnerships Mobilisation Officer will take a strategic and professional lead on aspects of supporting the Place mobilisation of the Families First Partnership Programme. Providing support to partners, service providers and linking with named safeguarding health professionals, local authority children’s services, Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs) and NHS England. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Humber 0-19 Specialist Public Health Nursing service, Humber Safeguarding Team and other Humber Children’s services and East Riding Local Authority.

Main duties of the job

The post requires someone with the knowledge, enthusiasm, and vision to drive forward the Families First Partnership agenda for Children's services across East Riding. The role will suit an individual with extensive public health nursing experience  and skills in transformation and change management. Strong interpersonal, strategic, and technical skills in operational delivery, service planning, change implementation and performance improvement combined with a supportive and visible leadership style are essential.

The post holder should be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of prevention and family support which can demonstrate a positive impact in supporting children and families to achieve good health and developmental outcomes.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for details of the job description and responsibilities 

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area: mental health Act, mental capacity Act.
  • Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
  • Evidence of leadership, organisational and service development issues mobilisation of new services that have had a positive impact on delivery
  • Experience of successful clinical policy implementation and change Evidence of professional development work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change, that impacts beyond own area of work
Desirable criteria
  • Member of organisational group/network, locally/regionally/nationally

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Professional with current registration
  • Degree, supplemented by specialist training to masters or equivalent demonstrable experience of clinical expertise, Management qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Plus significant advanced knowledge/ experience of managing children's services
  • Be on the live register of mentors if required for the service area

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice within mental health/neuro settings
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the service area

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Justine Rooke
Job title
Children & LD Division General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07590 304156
Additional information

Paul Brownlee

[email protected]

Head of CSC Reforms, Transformation and Improvement 

Children & Young People Specialist Services

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

County Hall, Cross Street

Beverley

HU17 9BA

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