Parenting Officer

Children & Young People

Integrated Children and Families Service

Contract:

Permanent

Salary: £34,434 - £38,220 per annum (Grade
6)

Hours:

36.66 per week

Location:

Working across Oldham, office base within Family Hubs

Closing Date:
Sunday 22 March 2026

Interview Dates: TBC.

Hiring Manager:
Samantha White Parenting Manager,

To deliver Oldham’s parenting offer (advice, information, peer support, training, and delivery) to increase Oldham parents’ capacity for positive, effective parenting practices across the continuum of need. To increase accessibility to the parenting offer with a particular focus on universal access.

• To contribute to the development of a shared vision and ambition for Oldham’s Parenting strategy;
• To deliver a range of evidence-based parenting coaching and mentoring programmes/services to meet the needs of parents of children pre-birth to 19 years old (24 years for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) in different districts;
• To service the integrated referral processes (pre-birth to 5 years); and
• To facilitate the full and positive involvement of service users / customers, community representatives and volunteers in the development, monitoring and evaluation of the service.

• Experience of delivering evidence-based programmes and interventions for families pre-birth to 19 years, using a nurturing and supportive approach to enable parents and children’s development and play/learning;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and experience of coordinating and delivering peer support and training for professionals in a multi-agency environment;
• Experience of contributing to the development and delivery of integrated universal and targeted services.

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. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. 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. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘
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
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page.

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer…