Wellbeing and Prevention Coordinator (Maternity Cover)

Are you passionate about early intervention, community wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, young people and families? We are looking for an experienced and motivated Wellbeing and Prevention Coordinator to join our Health and Community Wellbeing Service on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave. This is a key leadership role within Living Well Rutland, with a strong focus on delivering the Best Start in Life agenda and providing operational leadership for Family Hub services, ensuring families receive the right support at the right time.

Who you are… To succeed in this role, you will need:

• A Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) in Early Years, Health and Social Care, Youth Work, or a related field, with relevant professional experience
• Significant experience of direct work with children, young people and families, including both 1:1 and group work
• Experience of line managing staff and/or volunteers, providing supervision and performance management
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, Early Help thresholds and multi‑agency working
• Experience of coordinating services and working in partnership across statutory and voluntary sectors
• Excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills
• A commitment to promoting equality, inclusion and positive outcomes for children and families

About the role… As a Wellbeing and Prevention Coordinator, you will play a central role in delivering and coordinating Family Hub services and embedding the Best Start in Life approach across universal provision. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, coordinating and overseeing Family Hub services and community‑based provision
• Providing day‑to‑day line management, supervision and professional support to Community Wellbeing Workers and volunteers operating within Family Hub and community settings
• Planning, coordinating and delivering targeted and bespoke early intervention support for children, young people and families
• Acting as a safeguarding lead and ensuring robust safeguarding practice across the service
• Working closely with partners including Social Care, Family Help, SEND, health and voluntary sector organisations
• Supporting and driving delivery of statutory and strategic priorities, including the Best Start in Life offer, Family Hub development plan and the 0–11 Healthy Child Programme
• Contributing to performance monitoring, evaluation and continuous service improvement

Please note, we would be willing to consider a secondment for the right candidate. Candidates are advised to seek permission from their manager prior to applying for the role in this case. As a Wellbeing and Prevention Coordinator, you will be required to work flexibly, when the community needs support. A full UK driving licence is required to enable the post holder to travel around the county. Evening and weekend work may also be required. The successful applicant for the Community and Wellbeing Worker post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.

The Wellbeing and Prevention Coordinator face‑to‑face interviews will be held on 23 & 24 April 2026. Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.

Our offer to you: Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service. We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be and Rutland Council is the place you want to be. Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a great team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff. Whilst the base for this post is Oakham, Rutland, the Local Authority offers a hybrid working practice. As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you have the opportunity to spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop and engage.

Find out more: To learn more about working with us visit https://jobs.rutland.gov.uk or if you have any queries about this role please contact Steph Logue, Wellbeing and Prevention Team Leader at slogue@rutland.gov.uk 07500 051016 or Donna Cartmell‑Fry at dcartmell-fry@rutland.gov.uk.

How to apply: Click on the apply button which will redirect you to the Jobs Go Public (JGP site) where we handle all of our vacancies. If you already have a JGP account you will be asked to login, or alternatively if you don’t have an account you will be guided through the set up process. Access to an account is necessary as all updates regarding your application will be sent via the JGP site to the email you have registered. If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process please call us on 01572 758291 or email us at recruitment@rutland.gov.uk. All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.