Team Leader

Team Leader (Antenatal & Perinatal Support service)
35 hours per week, GBP35,012 per annum, (including London weighting)
, Camden. Fixed term to end March 2026
Family support to pregnant mums and their partners during antenatal & perinatal period.
This is a highly rewarding role for a Team Leader to lead on the implementation of a new outreach strategy and working with Camden's Early Years' Service to deliver the start for life and family hubs programme, with a specific focus on enhancing antenatal provision as well as managing an established perinatal service.
The postholder will manage our established perinatal service and be proactive in developing excellent relationships and partnership with statutory and voluntary agencies, bringing local partners together and strengthen the wider antenatal support service offer available to new and expectant parents. This service will provide volunteer face-to-face befriending support in the home and community and provide phone/virtual support through one to one and group sessions.
The postholder will have line management and supervision responsibilities for a small team and will be expected to set up and deliver our parenting programmes for new parents in Family Hubs and the community. The service will work closely in partnership with the midwifery services, Children's Centres/Family HUBS, health teams and mental health services.
The overall aims of the service are to:
Improve mental health and wellbeing of parents during the antenatal & perinatal period. Reduce parents' social isolation by ensuring they feel connected and supported through volunteer befriending and the provision of antenatal and postnatal courses, parenting programme and support groups. Increase parents' self-confidence to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. The successful candidate will need to have 2 years' experience of managing and supervising staff and volunteers. Excellent communication skills both written and oral, as well as experience of safeguarding are essential. You will also be required to have the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver in tight timescales, work on own initiative and as part of a team.
A professional qualification, degree or minimum level 3 qualification, in a relevant field of work with children and families is essential.
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Please ensure that you cover all criteria on the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting purposes.
If you have any questions, please contact Fatima Ahmed, Area manager at
Closing Date: Sunday, 21 st January 2024.
Interview Date: Tuesday 30 th or Wednesday 31 st January 2024.