Family Support – Community Navigator (internal role title Family Navigator)

4 Positions available
Salary: NJC Scale 8-10 (£27,709 – £28,608), starting salary £27,709
Hours: Full-time (36 hr/wk) – applications for part-time or job share will be considered
Location: Based within an Oldham Family Hub (district to be agreed) with regular travel across Oldham and to HOST’s main office in Audenshaw
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2029 (continuation subject to funding)

About the role – helping families find the right support at the right time
Home-Start HOST is seeking enthusiastic and community-focused Family Navigators to join an exciting partnership with Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s Family Hubs programme. We currently have four Family Navigator vacancies available across Oldham’s Family Hub districts.

As a Family Navigator, you will work directly with families, helping them understand and access the wide range of support available across Oldham. From Family Hubs and community groups to specialist services, you will help families build confidence, overcome barriers, and connect with the support they need.

This is a practical, people-centred role combining outreach, peer support, community engagement and partnership working. You’ll spend time in local communities, schools, libraries, clinics and Family Hubs, building relationships and ensuring families feel welcomed, included and heard.

We’re looking for applicants who:

• Have experience supporting children, parents or families.
• Understand the challenges families can face and are passionate about improving outcomes for children.
• Know Oldham’s communities and value the importance of local connections.
• Are warm, approachable and able to engage confidently with a diverse range of families and partners.
• Have good safeguarding awareness.
• Are confident using digital tools, social media and online communication.

We welcome applications from diverse communities
We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the families we serve across Oldham and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are bilingual or multilingual, especially those who speak community languages commonly used across Oldham, including Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Arabic, Polish and Kurdish.

We also welcome applications from people with lived experience of the communities we support and from individuals who share our commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.

Download the Job Pack – Family Navigator

Complete your Application

If you have any questions or you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please give us a call on 0161 344 0669 or email recruitment@homestarthost.org.uk

Closing date for applications:  Sunday 1st November 2026
Interview dates scheduled:  17th & 18th November 2026

Please note interviews will be in person, we are unable to conduct video interviews.

Safeguarding Statement
Home-Start HOST is committed to equality of opportunity and safer recruitment practice as part of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All posts are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Family Navigator Manager

Salary: NJC Scale 24-27 (£36,581 – 39,481), starting salary £36,581
Hours: Full-time (36 hr/wk)
Location: Based within an Oldham Family Hub (district to be agreed) with regular travel across Oldham and to HOST’s main office in Audenshaw
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2029 (continuation subject to funding)

About the role – helping families find the right support at the right time
Home-Start HOST is seeking enthusiastic and community-focused Family Navigators to join an exciting partnership with Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s Family Hubs programme. The Family Navigator Manager will provide day-to-day leadership, support and supervision to the Family Navigator team, and lead on the delivery of the Family Navigator program.

You will work directly with families, helping them understand and access the wide range of support available across Oldham. From Family Hubs and community groups to specialist services, you will help families build confidence, overcome barriers, and connect with the support they need.  You’ll support a team of Family Navigators and coordinate activity across Oldham’s Family Hubs network, ensureing that families experience connected support.

We’re looking for applicants who:

• Have experience supporting children, parents or families.
• Understand the challenges families can face and are passionate about improving outcomes for children.
• Know Oldham’s communities and value the importance of local connections.
• Are warm, approachable and able to engage confidently with a diverse range of families and partners.
• Have good safeguarding awareness.
• Are confident leading and supporting a team, and leading on project delivery

We welcome applications from diverse communities
We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the families we serve across Oldham and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are bilingual or multilingual, especially those who speak community languages commonly used across Oldham, including Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Arabic, Polish and Kurdish.

We also welcome applications from people with lived experience of the communities we support and from individuals who share our commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.

Download the Job Pack – Family Navigator Manager

Complete your Application

If you have any questions or you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please give us a call on 0161 344 0669 or email recruitment@homestarthost.org.uk

Closing date for applications:  Sunday 1st November 2026
Interviews scheduled 23rd November 2026.

Please note interviews will be in person, we are unable to conduct video interviews.

Safeguarding Statement
Home-Start HOST is committed to equality of opportunity and safer recruitment practice as part of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All posts are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.