Family Hub Team Leader

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade H2 SCP 31-35 £41,771 - £46,142 per annum

Closing Date: 6th August 2026 at 23:59pm

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal.  Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team – recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

Family Hub Team Leader

As part of the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme, Blackpool Family Hubs are looking for an experienced and passionate Family Hub Team Leader  to lead a dedicated team of Best Start Inclusion Practitioners who support children aged 0–5 and their families.

This is an exciting leadership opportunity within our Early Help and Support Service. We are looking for a highly skilled practitioner with a strong SEND background who can drive inclusive practice, provide professional leadership and support the delivery of the Best Start plan and Family Hub priorities.

The successful candidate will lead a team focused on identifying and responding to emerging needs at the earliest opportunity, ensuring families receive timely and effective support while strengthening partnership working across the early years system.

Working collaboratively with Early Years providers, Health Services, Inclusion Teams, Education, Social Care and VCFSE partners, you will help shape and develop a consistent and high-quality pathway of support for children with SEND from birth through to school entry.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has substantial experience of managing, leading and developing staff
• Has significant experience working within SEND services, early years, education, health or family support.
• Has a strong understanding of the SEND Code of Practice, early years inclusion and early intervention.
• Can oversee the quality of assessments, planning and interventions.
• Has experience of multi-agency partnership working and service development.
• Can provide professional advice, guidance and challenge across services.
• Is committed to improving outcomes for children with SEND and their families.
• Has excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision to Best Start Inclusion Practitioners.
• Promote high quality, evidence-based SEND practice across Family Hubs.
• Support early identification of need and effective intervention planning.
• Lead on quality assurance and performance monitoring.
• Develop strong partnerships across health, education and early help services.
• Contribute to strategic developments relating to SEND, inclusion and Family Hub delivery.
• Ensure services are child-centred, outcome-focused and aligned with local and national priorities.

Why join us?

This is a unique opportunity to influence a developing Family Hub model and make a lasting difference for children and families across Blackpool.

You will join a supportive leadership team that is committed to innovation, partnership working and ensuring children with additional needs receive the best possible start in life.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Holly Highley or Faye McCulloch  at:
holly.highley@blackpool.gov.uk faye.mcculloch@blackpool.gov.uk

to view the Job Description.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The successful applicant will be required to work outside of a 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday work pattern and will receive an additional payment on top of the quoted salary as a result.