The Families Outreach Minister will play a vital role in leading the parish in initiatives to increase the church’s impact and reach in the lives of children and families within the community, with a particular focus on reaching those who are not currently engaged with church life or activities.

Main duties and responsibilities

While the nature of this pioneer role inevitably means that this role will evolve during the first two years by agreement with the leadership team, key responsibilities will include:

• Lead, support & encourage our existing work with children and families both inside and outside of church.
• Draw in children and families who are on the fringe of church life through deepening relationships.
• Make new disciples, integrating them into the church.
• Pioneer new after school and holiday clubs making good use of our partnership with Transforming Lives for Good (TLG).
• Continue to develop relationships with all local primary schools by taking assemblies, lessons, and in other areas as appropriate.
• Pastorally support families inside and outside of church through home visits.
• Lead and develop further our all-together services.
• Develop whole family discipleship, supporting parents as disciple-making disciples.
• Lead and develop the team of volunteers already involved, supporting them as they lead their groups.
• Attend weekly staff meetings.
• Work closely with the Clergy and appropriate administrators to follow safeguarding procedures and policies to the highest standard.
• Comply with appropriate legislation such as Health & Safety, Data Protection, and Safeguarding.
• Manage and edit social media channels and use them for mission and discipleship.
• With the Team Vicar and SDF team, establish and develop relationships with funding partners and contribute to writing funding bids.
• Use internal & external database and communication platforms, including ChurchSuite and Google Suite.
• General Administration.