Early Help Coordinator - Health & Wellbeing

Early Help Coordinator - Health & Wellbeing

Job Title: Health & Wellbeing Coordinator
Grade: M
Salary: £62,742 - £66,084
Contract: Permanent - Full‑time
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Tower Hamlets Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BJ (with travel across Children & Family Centres)

About us

Tower Hamlets is transforming Early Help for children, young people and families, with energy, ambition and a learning culture, as we embed the Family Hubs model across the borough. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and we want colleagues who share our passion for ‘outstanding’ outcomes.

This role is central to delivering our Best Start for Life ambitions through Family Hubs, meeting minimum expectations and going further where local need demands, and ensuring families can access joined‑up, evidence‑based support from pregnancy, through the early years and beyond.

The role

As Health & Wellbeing Coordinator, you will provide strategic and clinically informed leadership for health and wellbeing across the whole family from pre‑conception and pregnancy through the early years, school age and adolescence, and for parents/carers themselves. You will focus on improving outcomes and reducing inequalities by joining up universal and targeted support across Early Help and our Family Hubs, ensuring families receive timely, proportionate and evidence‑based help.

You will lead the Baby Feeding & Wellbeing Service and drive UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) accreditation within Children & Family Centres, embedding consistent practice, workforce development and high‑quality engagement with parents and communities. A core part of the role is to use public health intelligence and JSNA priorities to shape strategy, translate research into practice, and manage budgets and performance so services meet agreed KPIs and deliver measurable impact.

You will have lead responsibility for SEND integration across Early Help, strengthening inclusive pathways and multi‑agency collaboration so children and young people with SEND (and their families) can access proportionate, joined‑up support, including seamless step‑up/step‑down with partners.

You will actively align Tower Hamlets Early Help with national reform:

Best Start for Life (Family Hubs & Start for Life): ensuring minimum expectations are met (antenatal education, proactive postnatal contact, face‑to‑face feeding support, workforce training) and driving local “go further” initiatives based on need.

Families First for Children social care reforms: supporting the shift toward Family Help, working closely with safeguarding partners to strengthen whole‑family plans and early, proportionate intervention.

What you’ll lead and deliver

• Whole‑system health & wellbeing leadership across Early Help, aligning policy and practice to evidence to tackle inequalities.
• Infant feeding leadership (universal and targeted), staff development and clinical supervision, plus a communication and engagement plan that brings parents and communities with us.
• UNICEF BFI accreditation activities across Children & Family Centres, working with health partners to ensure compliant environments, staff training and audit/QA.
• SEND integration within Early Help, embedding pathways and multi‑agency collaboration that enable timely, proportionate support.
• Performance, budgets and reporting (including activity funded by the Public Health grant), with a clear focus on measurable outcomes.

How this role fits national reform

• Best Start for Life (Family Hubs & Start for Life): You’ll lead delivery that meets national minimum expectations (e.g., antenatal education, proactive postnatal contact, face‑to‑face support, workforce training) and develop local “go further” initiatives where gaps are identified.
• Families First for Children reforms (Family Help): You’ll help integrate Early Help with emerging Family Help practice strengthening pathways and whole‑family plans across our partnership.

About you

You are a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) or Midwife, or hold a Masters in Public Health/related field. You bring deep knowledge of infant feeding and early child development, understand the NHS–local government interface, and can turn insight into service‑level impact. You’re a skilled communicator and collaborator with proven leadership, supervision, budget management and performance reporting experience.

Our values

We are outcomes‑focused and values‑led — TOWER: Together, Open, Willing, Excellent, Respect. We welcome applicants who reflect and champion our communities, and we have a zero‑tolerance approach to discrimination.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary £62,742 - £66,084 plus allowances.

• Local Government Pension Scheme membership.

• Generous annual leave: 29 days, rising to 33 with 5+ years’ service, plus bank holidays and 3 additional days at Christmas.

• Flexible and agile working to support work–life balance.

• Staff money-saving schemes (e.g., rent deposit loans, season ticket loans).

• Learning and development opportunities through our Learning Academy, with clear career development and leadership pathways.

Benefits

Tower Hamlets is a truly unique borough at the heart of London – a place where history and innovation sit side by side. From the docks and markets that shaped the East End to the global business hub of Canary Wharf, we are proud to be one of the most dynamic, diverse, and ambitious communities in the UK. We are also one of the fastest growing and youngest boroughs in the country, offering unrivalled opportunities to make a real difference to people’s lives. Our residents are energetic, creative, and resilient, and our council is committed to delivering the best possible services and opportunities for them.

Our award-winning new Town Hall in Whitechapel provides a modern, flexible workplace for our staff, right at the heart of the borough and directly opposite Whitechapel Tube and Elizabeth line station. It is more than just a workplace – it’s a hub for collaboration, innovation and community, designed to bring out the best in our people.

As an employer, we put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Our active Employee Network Groups celebrate and champion our workforce, helping to ensure that everyone feels a sense of belonging. Guided by our TOWER values – Together, Open, Willing, Excellent and Respect – we are building a positive, inclusive culture where colleagues can thrive.

At Tower Hamlets Council, you’ll find exciting challenges, supportive colleagues, and the chance to shape one of London’s most important and vibrant places. If you’re looking for a role where you can see the impact of your work every day, then Tower Hamlets is the place for you.