This is an exciting time to join Hillingdon Best Start Family Hubs and Children’s Centres. We are expanding our Parenting and Home Learning Environment (HLE) offer to ensure parents are supported as their children’s first and most influential educators, helping every child to have the best possible start in life.
Our ambition is to improve early learning outcomes across the borough and to support more children to achieve a Good Level of Development (GLD) by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. By joining us, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based parenting support that makes a real difference for children and families.
The role
As
Parenting Programmes Coordinator (Early Years), you will work directly with parents and carers to deliver and coordinate a borough‑wide programme of parenting support. You will provide practical guidance, resources and interventions that strengthen parenting confidence, promote positive home learning environments and support children’s early development.
You will deliver evidence‑based parenting programmes, contribute to the development of a cohesive parenting offer across Hillingdon, and work closely with colleagues and partners to ensure services are inclusive, accessible and responsive to local need.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high‑quality, evidence‑based parenting programmes and targeted interventions for families with young children
- Coordinate and support a consistent, borough‑wide parenting offer across education and community settings
- Engage parents as partners, valuing their strengths and lived experience and supporting co‑production of services
- Actively reach families who are less likely to access services, including those with SEND, EAL and from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Work collaboratively with early years settings, schools, health services, voluntary and community partners to promote joined‑up support
- Promote parenting and Home Learning Environment services through outreach, local networks and digital channels to maximise participation
- Support the monitoring and evaluation of programmes, using feedback and validated tools to demonstrate impact and inform improvement
- Contribute to safeguarding, quality assurance and continuous improvement across the service
About You
You will be an experienced and motivated practitioner with a strong commitment to supporting children and families in the early years. You will have experience of delivering or coordinating parenting or early years programmes and be confident working with families from a wide range of backgrounds.
You will bring:
- Experience working with families in early help, child development, and parenting
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to engage parents and professionals
- Strong organisational skills and initiative
- The ability to train, coach and influence practitioners across multi‑agency settings.
- Commitment to inclusion, equality, and safeguarding
You will hold a relevant qualification at Level 3 or above in working with children and/or young people, along with GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English. Training or experience in parenting programmes is desirable, or a willingness to undertake accredited training.
Our commitment
Hillingdon’s Family Hubs and Children’s Centres serve a diverse community. We are committed to equality, inclusion and creating a workforce that reflects the families we support. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
- About You
- About us
- We value our employees and are committed to ensuring that they enjoy a fulfilling and rewarding career with us. We understand that a happy and motivated workforce is essential for the success of our organisation. That is why we offer a wide range of employee benefits to enhance your work-life balance, financial wellbeing, health, and professional development.
Here’s a comprehensive overview of the fantastic benefits we provide:
- Flexible Working Hours – We recognise the importance of flexibility in managing your work and personal life.
- 36 Hour Week – Enjoy a standard 36-hour workweek for all full time staff.
- Generous Holiday Entitlement – increasing with length of service (for non-casual roles).
- Hillingdon Sports & Leisure – Stay active and healthy with discounts at council owned leisure centres and swimming pools across the borough.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes – option to join schemes for cycle purchase, electric vehicle leasing and additional voluntary pension contributions (subject to scheme rules).
- Cycle to Work – Eco-friendly commuting with our cycle purchase scheme. We also provide bicycle parking, lockers, and showers at the Civic Centre.
- Local Government Pension Scheme – access to Local Government Pension Scheme and membership to the Credit Union.
- Vivup Benefits – Access a variety of offers and discounts through our Vivup Benefits.
- Mental Health Support and Counselling Services – Our mental health first aiders are trained to identify, understand, and help employees experiencing mental health issues. Access free 24-hour confidential advice and counselling as well as a legal advice service for you and your immediate family.
- Travel Support – Make your daily commute easier with our season ticket loans and free car parking.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At the London Borough of Hillingdon, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. This commitment means that all employees, job applicants and others who work for us will be treated fairly.
The aim is for our workforce to be representative of all sections of society and Hillingdon residents so we welcome applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds. We strive to ensure that our recruitment process is free from discrimination and bias, and we are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments to applicants with disabilities.
Join us in building a workplace where everyone feels respected, able to give their best and be themselves at work, whilst contributing meaningfully to our organisation's success.
Recruitment Information
Hillingdon Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities that meet the essential criteria for the role and wish to be considered under this scheme. We believe in the option to choose, so candidates declaring a disability have the choice to opt in for consideration under this scheme, on a ‘per application’ basis.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Some posts are subject to The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2019 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In addition to verifying Right to Work in the UK and a new starter health questionnaire, the post is subject to the following pre-employment screening:
- Enhanced DBS Check
- Qualifications Check
- 5 years of Referencing
Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Hillingdon Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.
It may be necessary due to a high volume of applications to close this role early. We therefore recommend you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
