Family Group Decision Making Co-ordinator

Overview

Children and Young People | Early Help | Family Group Decision Making Co-ordinator

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Contract: Fixed Term (12 months - extension subject to continuing funding)

Salary: £39,152 £ 42,839 per annum (Grade
7)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Spindles Centre

Closing Date: Wednesday 18th February 2026

Interview Dates: TBC

The Families First Partnership Programme is a once in a generation chance to reshape Children’s Social Care alongside council colleagues, education, police, health voluntary, faith, community groups and most importantly our residents, to change and improve our offer of help and protection. Families First Partnership Programme is enabling us to do just that! Through this work, we will create a system that delivers better experiences, stronger relationships, and lasting change where families feel supported, professionals feel empowered, and children thrive.

This is our moment to make it happen let’s do it together.

Greater use of Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) is a key part of the programme, and these three posts will assist in delivering this. Based within Children’s Social Care and Early Help, you will be part of a well-established team using Family Group Decision Making to enable family networks to support children. You will also help embed a culture of involving family networks through contributing to training of family help practitioners.

• To co-ordinate Family Decision Making Meetings acting as an independent and impartial facilitator
• To work in partnership with referring agencies to plan and deliver FGDM meetings
• To manage the meetings positively and sensitively, enabling family members to draw up family plans which help address current areas of concern
• To help families identify strengths and resources within their own family network
• To support the Team Manager in delivering training to family help practitioners about the facilitation of effective family network meetings.

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

• Experience of working with Family Group Decision Making in a Children and Families social work or Early Help setting, including work around child protection, pre proceedings and court proceedings.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage children, young people, families and professionals in the FGDM process
• Experience of completing accurate and sensitive assessments of service users, carers and families to produce Care / Support Plans

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact: A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan:
Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. We have three core values which define who we are and how we operate:
Proud, Ambitious, and Together
, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Deliver high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

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