Family Centre Head - Moorlands Family Centre

Package Description

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years. In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme - eligible employees can access low‑cost leasing of electric and low‑emission vehicles.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.

Why join us? Along with more on our Benefits, discover why Working at the City Council could be the right move for you here Working at the Council | Milton Keynes

Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week. Of course, managers designate which category roles are in based on the needs of the service and the circumstances.

Job Introduction

We’re recruiting a Family Centre Head to lead one of our vital community-based services at Moorlands Family Centre and make a lasting difference to children, young people and families across Milton Keynes.

Family Centres are based at the heart of communities. A key part of Early Help, keeping children and young people safe early on and ensuring issues are dealt with swiftly so there is less need for formal intervention. Centres support families with key safeguarding issues and domestic abuse and provide a wide cost of living support service. They are also at the heart of the Government's Best Start to Life initiative and are moving over to becoming Best Start to Life Hubs, ensuring babies and children have the best start in life, through centre interventions and services. They also have a full inter-agency offer, from registry offices, parenting through to zero to 19 partnership work and adult education, with attendances of over 50,000 per quarter, providing a much needed service to families and residents across the city.

In this role, you’ll lead a Family Centre, managing teams, strengthening partnerships and shaping services that support families to thrive.

You’ll play a key role in delivering Early Help services, ensuring families receive the right support at the right time.

We work together to make a positive difference for our communities and to support residents to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Site-Based role

This is a Site-Based role, and you’ll be expected to work from the designated workplace.

Interviews for this role will be held on 17th August 2026

At Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We’re dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.

Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk

Role Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Early Help services within the Family Centre and wider community.
• Manage the day-to-day running of the centre, including budgets and resources.
• Lead and support colleagues to deliver high-quality services for families.
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring all safeguarding responsibilities are met.
• Work with partners to provide joined-up support for children, young people and families.
• Encourage engagement from families, including those less likely to access services.

Ideal Candidate

• NVQ level four in Early Education, childcare or a related qualification, or equivalent experience.
• We’re looking for someone who can bring people together and deliver strong support for families.
• If you’re motivated by improving outcomes for children and young people, this is the role for you.
• Strong understanding of services that support families, including education, health and employment.
• Experience of leading teams and managing a varied workload.
• Confident communication and IT skills, including Microsoft Office.

Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle

To be successful in this role, you’ll need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. If we offer you the role, we’ll ask you to provide evidence of your driving licence and vehicle insurance, including cover for business use. We’re unable to confirm an appointment until these documents are received.

As part of the pre-employment checks, should you be offered the role, we’ll carry out an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, (unless you are currently registered with the DBS Update Service).

About The Organisation

Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.

We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference.

We’re very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.

We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.

If you’d like to know more about how we do things and what matters to us, take a look at our short booklet What makes us Milton Keynes City Council, see attached.