Parenting Programme Training Lead

Job Description

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: PO4 £47,532 - £50,574

Contract Type: Full Time Fixed Term (12 months)
Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 06/08/2025

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference: 1827

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role: Parenting Programme Training Lead

We are seeking a strategic and motivated lead to develop, commission, and coordinate a high-quality parenting programme offer in Waltham Forest. You’ll identify and implement evidence-based programmes that respond to local and national priorities, lead the review of the borough’s referral process, and ensure a consistent, streamlined pathway for families. The role also involves overseeing facilitators, managing quality, and supporting effective delivery through supervision and monitoring of both in-house staff and commissioned providers.

You’ll work closely with local partners to build a joined-up parenting support offer that reflects best practice and meets the needs of families, including those referred through courts or Children’s Social Care. This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in programme leadership and partnership working who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and families.

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Key Responsibilities:

Lead, manage and supervise staff and volunteers delivering parenting programmes, ensuring adherence to agreed standards and quality benchmarks.

Ensure safeguarding and risk management protocols are upheld within group-based parenting interventions, responding swiftly to concerns or issues of harm or public safety.

Promote and champion the value and impact of parenting support in improving outcomes for children and young people, ensuring programmes are well-utilised and effectively promoted.

Build and maintain strong partnerships with referring agencies including Social Care, schools, and Family Hubs to ensure appropriate and timely referrals.

Develop and implement an annual training strategy for parenting programme delivery, ensuring staff have access to relevant CPD and reflective practice opportunities.

Manage and maintain training resources, ensuring all materials are stocked, organised and accessible for programme delivery.

Lead on commissioning and contract management for parenting support, preparing specifications, monitoring provider performance, and ensuring value for money.

Coordinate joint delivery/commissioning opportunities with neighbouring boroughs to maximise cost savings and extend reach.

Match families to appropriate programmes through thorough assessment of referral information and family needs.

Quality assure programme delivery via regular observations, feedback loops and a structured quality assurance framework.

Develop peer learning and practitioner networks to strengthen practice and maintain up-to-date knowledge across the borough.

Negotiate with community venues and partners to host accessible, evidence-based parenting programmes in local settings.

Train, mentor and support facilitators, especially those newly trained, to build their confidence and ensure delivery quality.

Support the development of volunteer capacity in partnership with parent networks, including exploration of accreditation routes (e.g., EPEC).

Monitor, evaluate and report on programme outcomes and effectiveness to internal boards and external stakeholders.

Design and update communications materials to publicise programmes effectively across a variety of media and settings.

Collaborate with national training providers (e.g., SFSC, EPEC, Triple P) to adapt content and delivery methods to meet emerging local needs.

Develop targeted approaches to reach and support vulnerable families, including those not in contact with their children.

Qualifications and Requirements:

To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Professional background in education, health or social care supported by appropriate qualifications and demonstrable experience
Experience of managing staff and volunteers within projects and programmes
Experience of motivating and engaging staff you don’t line mange
Experience of leading on an area of work that requires championing and development
Experience of teaching or delivering training
Experience of developing and delivering intervention programmes for parents and young adults
Knowledge and experience of developing and embedding Quality Assurance Processes
Experience of evaluation and monitoring of effectiveness of service delivery

Terms and conditions:

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

Satisfactory declaration of interest;

This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;

Satisfactory DBS check;

As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.

Contact Information:

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Julia Burns, Area Manager Early Help at Julia.Burns@WalthamForest.gov.uk .

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

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