Senior Family Wellbeing Worker

My First 1000 Days project

Do you have a passion for people and care about helping others? Are you interested in improving the health and well-being of families living in disadvantaged communities? Do you have experience supporting families to thrive?

This role will be based on the university campus and will involve working in various community-based sites across Leeds. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

We are looking for a Senior Family Wellbeing Worker motivated to improve the lives of families living in disadvantaged areas of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Successful candidates will play a key role in the delivery of the 'My First 1000 Days’ project.

My First 1000 Days is a transformational initiative from the University of Leeds. Researchers from across the University, practitioners who work with families and experts-by-experience (families themselves) are coming together to develop, deliver and evaluate a disability-inclusive family group care programme, to be delivered in communities. The approach will be family-centred and strength-based.

The group-learning and activity programme will empower families, supporting them to work together to gain knowledge and confidence about (1) healthy food and nutrition; (2) physical activity (parents and infants); (3) supporting their child’s language and cognitive development.

As Senior My First 1000 Days Family Wellbeing (FW) Worker, you will lead a small team working across two areas of Leeds, to help 'deliver’ (organise, facilitate and support) a 6-month programme with families of infants (from 6 weeks old). You will work collaboratively with your colleague FW Workers and wider team. A major aspect of your role will be to facilitate group-learning and activity sessions. These sessions will cover a range of topics, which align with the projects workstreams. You will support families to navigate parenthood, adopting and promoting the project’s core value of ensuring that sessions are inclusive for all families, including disabled families and are strengths-based.

As part of the role, you will receive internal and external training to enable you to deliver the group care programme effectively and with confidence.

You will also work closely with the research team at the University of Leeds to: (1) refine content and design of the group sessions, contributing your insights and expertise; (2) recruit and engage families to participate in the group care sessions; (3) collect data (using easy-to-administer tools designed by the team) to help evaluate the programme; and (4) contribute to th development of training materials to expand the project’s reach beyond Leeds.

The University of Leeds is one of the top 75 universities in the world. We have a truly global community, with more than 39,000 students from 170 different countries and over 9,000 staff of 100 different nationalities. Established in 1904, we have a strong tradition of academic excellence, reflected in first-class student education, along with world-leading research that has a real impact around the globe.

What we offer in return:

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - that’s 42 days a year!

• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance- the University contributes 14.5% of salary

• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.

• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.

• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

If you are looking for a role that will give you the opportunity to draw upon your expertise of supporting families whilst gaining experience of working on a research project, please apply today.

Closing date:3rd September 2024

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