Outreach and Engagement Officer

ob Title: Outreach and Engagement Officer

Location: Havant

Contract Type: Temporary - 12 Months

Salary: £17.20 - £17.93 per hour

Hampshire County Council are committed to delivering high-quality services that make a real difference to children, young people, and families across the county. We are developing our Best Start Family Hubs which will ensure families can access the right support at the right time, and we want you to be part of this exciting journey.

Are you passionate about supporting families? Are you organised, proactive, adaptable, and skilled in engaging families and professionals? Do you have experience of providing advice and signposting and /or community engagement or community outreach work?

Hampshire County Council have an immediate opportunity for an Outreach and Engagement Officer to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract commencing initially at Leigh Park in Havant.

This is not a remote or Hybrid role, the successful candidate will be based initially at Leigh Park Library and at other hubs in South Hampshire later as we open new hubs.

Role responsibilities

• Build strong partnerships with families, communities, agencies, and services across Hampshire.
• Lead and deliver a wide range of engagement activities aligned to Best Start Family Hubs objectives.
• Work on a one to one basis with families to signpost to Best Start provision across Havant and specifically Leigh Park
• Support communities to thrive by developing outreach activities, helping residents access the Best Start Family Hubs offer.
• Work closely with the library service and providers to continuously develop the offer in the Hubs to meet the needs of the community whilst delivering on DFE priorities.
• Be the friendly face and welcoming presence in Hub, building rapport with the parents/carers and children who attend, and engaging with them.
• Supporting families to access and navigate on the FISH platform (Families Information & Support Hub) website and use this to find out what is happening in their local area

Our Best Start Family Hubs provide a 'one-stop shop' for families, offering integrated support through multi-agency teams, virtual appointments, and online sessions. The aim is simple: to give children and families the best start in life. We have an ambitious target of 30 hubs in Hampshire by 2029 and need to build our team to develop these hubs at pace and with passion.

What we're looking for:

• Passion and energy to work with families in deprived areas of Hampshire - helping them to give their children the best start in life.
• Ability to travel across Hampshire as required
• Able to demonstrate experience in community engagement or similar work.
• Experience of working with and engaging residents, community groups, or similar (paid or voluntary).
• Excellent organisational skills and be able to work autonomously, including forward planning for sessions to attend, in order to maximise impact of the role.
• Good networking and engagement skills, able to both be friendly and welcoming in engaging with families, and in building connections with professionals and community workers.
• Satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Apply as appropriate or contact Daniel Goodyear on daniel.goodyear@connect2hampshire.co.uk or 01256 593711

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.