Children and families jobs in weybridge, surrey
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You will support the promotion of sustainable shopping and the shop’s social media to increase audience reach, attract customers, donors and volunteer supporters to deliver the Retail Strategy.
Role Requirements
- To maximise shop sales by achieving agreed targets both through donated stock and bought in/new goods. This involves proactive stock generation, optimum pricing, processing stock to agreed amounts and stock planning.
- Achieve Gift Aid sales conversion target through maximising new donor sign up and encouraging repeat donations.
- Achieve the shops Raffle sales targets through involving the shops team.
- To maintain high levels of shop presentation by merchandising and housekeeping to agreed standards as set out in the Shops Operations manual.
- Manage the stock levels of bought in/new goods, to include ordering of more stock as and when necessary and recording key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Assist in holding and attending Fundraising events to promote the awareness of The Children’s Trust.
- To source links with local communities to promote Retail in the community via media and other sources.
- Role involves a degree of manual handling in sorting and lifting of stock.
Interview Date: to be confirmed
Terms and Conditions
Strictly no agencies, please.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits on our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
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Closing Date: 17 August 2025
Ref 7030
Save the Children UK is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Climate Change Advisor to join our Global Outcomes Department and lead transformative climate adaptation work that protects children's rights and futures.
In this pivotal role, you will provide technical leadership to shape and deliver large-scale, single and multi-country climate adaptation programmes—particularly in developing countries and fragile contexts. Working closely with country offices, multi lateral and bilateral development partners (Such as the Green Climate Fund, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office, etc.) , and global partners, you will drive evidence-based programme design and implementation, strengthen climate resilience across sectors, and influence global policy and practice on climate action.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to one of the most pressing intergenerational challenges of our time. If you're committed to climate justice, child rights, and systems-level change, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the Team:
The climate crisis is a child right's crisis that threatens the fulfilment of all of children's rights. It is therefore of central importance to Save the Children's mission and a critical driver in our 2025-27 strategy.
The Climate Change team is working as part of the Global Outcomes Department, having our Impact and Influencing function catalyse positive change for children and their communities; by driving influencing agendas and bringing knowledge, evidence, analysis and expertise to our partnerships, programmes and advocacy work.
The Climate Change Team at SCUK also works as part of the Global Save the Children movement and the wider sector to drive long lasting systems changes at the global and country levels. We are committed to promoting inclusive and equitable solutions, amplifying the voices of children most affected by climate change, and prioritising locally led efforts for lasting change, through our ever-growing portfolio in UK, Africa and Asia. We are also committed to shifting powers to the local actors and country office by strengthening capacities particularly through providing high quality technical assistance for design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of climate change projects (especially supported by GCF and other multilateral, bilateral, philanthropies and private sector development partners).
The teams' vision is to ‘Protect children's rights at scale from climate change impacts, improve children's equality, and enhance their influence in climate-related decisions addressing intersectionality, inequality and injustice, including intergenerational injustice.'
About the role
As a Senior Climate Change Advisor you will provide technical leadership in climate change issues and adaptation actions to shape and drive influencing and impact agendas within Save the Children and the wider sector. You will provide expert technical guidance to drive impactful programme design and evidence generation, and to policy and advocacy goals. You will build and maintain strategic relationships with key decision-makers and partners, lead capacity strengthening for colleagues and partners, and champion equality, inclusion and the shifting power agenda.
In this role, you will:
- Serve as the Technical Lead for a multi-country Climate Adaptation programme (yet to be designed and approved) in a Fragile, Conflict, and Violence-affected region, funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
- Provide global thought leadership in climate change (adaptation primarily), environment & natural resource management to shape and drive shared influencing and impact agendas within the Save the Children movement and the wider sector, maintaining up-to-date expertise and monitoring relevant external trends.
- Develop and deliver very high-quality policy, research, and/or technical programme design and evaluation with minimal supervision, ensuring inclusivity and excellence in implementation.
- Contribute to a strong learning culture through leading or supporting research, evaluation, innovation and knowledge sharing.
- Support Country Offices to integrate climate change risk management and resilience outcomes into ongoing and future humanitarian and developmental programmes, strategies, and policies.
- Contribute to and lead the development of climate-related research, studies, evaluations, and documentation of good practice to build a body of evidence, based on best practices and lessons learned from global and national experiences, to support (i) knowledge management, (ii) evidence generation, and (iii) programme improvements
- Facilitate capacity strengthening through mentoring, coaching, and training, providing formal and informal support to colleagues and partners to build expertise and effectiveness.
- Work closely with colleagues across Save the Children UK and the wider movement to ensure climate is mainstreamed across all thematic areas, ensuring that colleagues are equipped with the latest climate-related science and best practices.
- Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers, including donors, government agencies, multilateral partners, and peer organisations, to enhance collaboration and secure funding for climate-related initiatives.
- Support Country Offices in building relationships with GCF National Designated Authorities (NDAs) and other key stakeholders to advance climate finance access and impact.
- Work with partnerships and fundraising teams to identify and develop strategic partnerships with external organisations that aligns with Save the Children's climate-related objectives, and to identify funding opportunities for climate-related projects.
About you
We are looking for someone with the following experience, competencies and skills
- Proven experience and the ability to design and implement large-scale climate adaptation programmes in developing countries, for multi-lateral and bi-lateral development partners
- Proven ability to translate complex scientific evidence on climate change into practical programming and policy recommendations
- Proven ability to strengthen evidence and learning uptake through analysis and collaboration, and proven ability to produce high-quality knowledge products (e.g. research, case studies, evaluations, etc.)
- Strategic thinker and demonstrated thought leader driven by impact and evidence, curious to keep up to date with new ideas and innovations, who sees the positive potential in change
- Experience of strengthening the integration of climate resilience and environmental sustainability into sectoral programs and/or Experience of designing and implementing nature-based solutions and adopting evidence-based ecosystem-based approaches
- Familiarity with global climate frameworks, funding mechanisms (e.g. the Green Climate Fund), and relevant policy processes.
- Experience supporting or managing multidisciplinary teams or consortia, ideally across countries or regions.
- The ability to be a thought leader in global or national adaptation planning such as climate and health; climate and nutrition; nature-based solutions; locally led adaptation; climate and gender; food and water security, etc.
- Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and authenticity that enable effective communication with different audiences
- Collaborative team player capable of coaching, motivating and working through others to achieve outstanding results
- Effective convenor, creating synergy and maximizing collaboration
- Proven ability to build external relationships and partnerships, and to influence decision-makers, policy audiences (including politicians) and donors, and other key actors globally
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Location & Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but at times you will be required to come to your contracted office (usually between 2–4 days per month, depending on the needs of your role, team, or service). For many roles, this is likely to be the minimum required to deliver impact.
Ways of working will be discussed and agreed with your manager / team and we encourage candidates to discuss our ways of working in more detail at interview stage.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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Job Title: Data Management Officer
Salary: £23,333 (£40,000pa pro rata) FTC to 31st March 2026
Team: Data Team, Strategy and Partnerships
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid – based in Guildford
About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Management Officer to join our Data Team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a keen eye for detail, a passion for data quality, and a desire to contribute to meaningful work in the charity and healthcare sector.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.
At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.
About the role
You’ll help ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of data across the organisation. From supporting teams to migrate data into our Care Database, to maintaining documentation and responding to ad hoc data requests, your work will help teams across clinical services, fundraising, HR and more make informed, confident decisions.
This role is ideal for someone with experience in data cleaning and documentation, strong Excel skills, and a collaborative, organised approach to work.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Identifying and resolving data quality issues
- Supporting teams with data migration and standardising data collection processes
- Maintaining key documentation such as data dictionaries and user guides
- Assisting with regular reporting and responding to ad hoc data requests
- Contributing to good data management by following and promoting best practices
About you
- Experience in data management, including cleaning and documentation
- Strong Excel skills (e.g. Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP)
- A methodical, organised approach and excellent attention to detail
- Confidence working with sensitive data and understanding of data protection principles
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
What we offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:
Pension scheme
- NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
Annual leave
- 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
- 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
- Generous sick pay scheme
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
- Flexible working arrangements
- Death in service benefits
- Reimbursed professional membership fees
- Eye care
- Employee referral scheme
- Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Occupational Health
- Mindfulness sessions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Also, we are committed to equal opportunities and consider all applicants to be in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
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This role at Relate - Family Action
Relate at Family Action is here to promote safe, supportive relationships for all and support everyone to strengthen the relationships that mean the most to them.
For over 150 years Family Action has seen first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better and worse. That's why we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today. Whatever family means or looks like to us, ultimately, it's relationships that matter – and the quality of our relationships affects the quality of all our lives.
This is a pivotal role responsible for crafting and executing strategies and campaigns that promote both the Relate brand image and overall marketing efforts to support the achievement of sales targets across a range of counselling services (both B2C and B2B), training products, charity retail outlets and other income streams.
We are looking for a marcomms ‘all-rounder’: someone who can take a strategic view as well as being ‘hands-on’ in the delivery of marketing support to the wider Relate team.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.




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We’re looking for a kind and compassionate person to join our Family Support team, working directly with families who are facing the unthinkable – the news that their child has cancer or a life-challenging condition.
Primarily based at St George’s, Royal Marsden (transitioning to Evelina, Westminster in 2026), Kingston Hospital and St Peter’s, Chertsey. Travel to other partnered hospitals across London and Surrey as required. Includes at least one monthly meeting at our East Molesey office.
As our Hospital Family Support Worker, you’ll visit children, young people and their families on the wards of our partnered hospitals. You’ll be a consistent, reassuring presence, offering emotional and practical support when it’s most needed – and helping families feel less alone.
You’ll meet families already known to Momentum, as well as take new referrals. You’ll also support families remotely who live further afield or are adjusting to life after treatment.
This role is about being that calm, empathetic and kind person who makes a difference just by showing up. You’ll be a trusted part of hospital life, and a key link between the families, Momentum, and the wider healthcare team.
Key Responsibilities:
· Offer emotional and practical support to families, being a warm and reliable presence during their hospital stay.
· Build trusting, non-judgemental relationships with parents, carers, children and young people.
· Meet families in hospital, explain our support services, and complete referral forms for further help.
· Work closely with hospital professionals, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, deliver training on Momentum’s service and sharing relevant updates with the wider Momentum team.
· Keep accurate records of your work, including family interactions and safeguarding concerns.
· Understand and follow all safeguarding, child protection, and lone working policies.
· Report any safeguarding concerns in line with our policies and procedures.
· Support Momentum’s fundraising and communications by sharing family stories (with consent) and identifying case studies.
· Ensure all actions reflect Momentum’s values and vision – that no family with a seriously ill child should have to cope alone.
· Comply with hospital policies around dress code, infection control, and health and safety.
· Attend team meetings in-person and online across London and Surrey.
· Complete training requirements relevant to your role.
· Carry out other reasonable duties to support the delivery of Momentum’s work.
We support families across SW London, Surrey and Sussex whose children are facing cancer or a life-challenging condition.
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Westway Trust are seeking a dedicated and experienced Children Services Manager with a track record of managing a Good or Outstanding Oftsed rated Early Years’ service, who will be committed to supporting and enhancing the lives of children in the North Kensington community.
This role is key to positioning the Trust as a provider of affordable, vital and culturally appropriate services. Reporting to the Senior Manager Learning, you will lead and manage on all aspects of the Trust’s nursery and crèche services, ensuring the highest standards of health, safety, safeguarding, and Ofsted requirements are met. You will manage a team of full and part-time staff and will build strong partnerships with families and the local community. You will be a confident communicator working closely with statutory regulators, commissioners, partners and stakeholders.
If you have a passion for making a positive difference in young people lives, as well as developing and managing a team, this role could be for you.
Key responsibilities of the role include but not limited to:
- Manage the staff team to deliver the Nursery and Crèche services.
- Liaison with all relevant members of staff to ensure maximising the team’s opportunities for employment, personal and professional development and organisational engagement.
- Develop, monitor and review activities to ensure high standards of childcare and learning.
- Quality assure and develop and improve services to maintain and improve our Ofsted position.
- Attend budget planning with the finance team to ensure a full understanding of the budget; good budget management and a strong out-turn in line with the growth strategy.
- Keep appropriate records of all children and account for their social and individual developmental needs.
- Monitor and report against the delivery objectives of the service providing observation and feedback to Nursery and Crèche workers so that they can improve their own direct planning and delivery and qualifications.
- Provide data as required for reporting internally to your line manager and through the Trusts Governance, and externally.
Qualification:
- Relevant qualification in childcare at a minimum Level 4.
- Safeguarding (desirable)
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience of managing a Nursery with experience of all the relevant duties, monitoring, reporting and quality improvement.
- Experience of being the main contact for Ofsted.
- A track record of working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders to develop successful partnerships, growth, and achieve joint success.
- Strong experience of planning ahead, scheduling, attention to detail and problem solving.
- Experience of managing staff and supporting their development.
- Experience of managing resources and budgets.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience of writing reports.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding.
- Experience of delivering a service that demonstrates an understanding of different cultures.
- An understanding of the issues facing North Kensington and a track record of working alongside beneficiary communities (desirable)
Benefits of working for Westway Trust:
- Great location in the heart of Portobello, North Kensington
- Investor in People (IiP) employer
- Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per year + statutory bank holidays
- Free gym membership at health club one minute walk from the office
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Sick pay scheme
- Season ticket / bicycle loan
- Free eye test voucher
The application deadline is Sunday 17 August 2025 when applications will be reviewed and shortlisted for interview. However, we reserve the right to close the application early. An early application is strongly recommended. Please apply directly from our website.
We exist to work together with the local community to enable North Kensington to thrive.





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Are you passionate about pastoring and impacting the spiritual lives of children and young people? We’d love you to join our community at Springfield Church and lead our children and youth ministries in Wallington (a suburb of London with easy access to the City Centre).
The Role:
You’ll be developing innovative discipleship spaces that connect with our young peoples’ unique experiences, shaping our monthly ‘All in’ services, and supporting Springers midweek Toddler group. You would develop these and other spaces, such as a Sunday afternoon Bubble Church, and build upon our relationships with local schools where we run Messy Church and have mentors supporting children.
What We Offer:
As part of our dynamic team, you’ll have opportunities to develop your leadership skills, contribute to our church’s vision, and shape the future of the children and youth ministry in our community. You will have ongoing support in the role from an experienced and committed staff team, led by Pioneer Vicar David Atkinson, alongside Pioneer Curate, Mel Wynn including strong operational support alongside other volunteer team members. You will receive children and youth-specific training through the Southwark Diocese Aurora course.
Who we’re looking for:
We are looking for a passionate and strategic-thinking candidate - someone who loves pastoring young people and can train and release our growing team of volunteers (rather than doing everything yourself). You will understand and relate to the pressures and sense of community that come from living in different areas, such as the Roundshaw Estate and wider Wallington, and you would be able to demonstrate that you have been successful in pastoring children and youth in the community. You would share our values to grow in courage, compassion and creativity as we seek to build a culture of belonging around Jesus. Ideally, you would have a qualification in children and youth work, but this is not essential if you have relevant experience.
Summary
£31k per annum (Full-time)
5 Days/35 hours per week - could be split into a job share
Springfield Church, Wallington (London)
26 days holiday (inc 6 Sundays max a year) + 8 bank holidays
7.5% employers pension contribution
1 retreat day per calendar year
Flexible working (where appropriate)
Closing Date: 29th August, 11:59pm | Interview Date: 19th September
We believe our God-given vision is to thrive like a ‘Spring Field’.

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Salary: £29,120 per annum FTE (actual £19,968)
Contract: Permanent, following a 3-month probation period
Hours:24 hours across three days a week: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Do you want to make a tangible difference in the lives of some of the most deprived children in London?
CARIS Families is a small frontline charity that offers holistic support to families experiencing homelessness in hostels in the London Boroughs of Camden and Hackney. Amongst our other services, we run play and learning activities for children aged 0-16 from within 4 hostels in these boroughs, as well as a school holiday day trip programme. Our services for children aim to reduce the stress on children and parents of living in overcrowded, insecure accommodation, and to put back essential childhood experiences that homeless accommodation deprives children of.
The services we currently offer our families in hostels are:
- Kids Club: an after-school play club in term time for 0-16s, run from our dedicated play club in the basement of one family hostel in Camden.
- Enrichment Trips and Summer Programme: a series of day trips for groups of families from our 4 hostels in the school holidays. We take part in exciting activities and visit interesting destinations round London and the South-East, to ease the pressures of being stuck in the hostel during the long school breaks.
- Essentials Bank: Our Essentials bank runs weekly in term-time from two of our hostels, offering families free hygiene products such as toiletries, nappies, washing powder etc. to ease the pressure on family finances at a difficult time.
- Family Support Work and Housing Casework: we offer holistic casework to support families to ease the stress of their situation, from working on finances to supporting employment searches, to assisting with legal cases and supporting them to navigate their housing case and move out of homelessness as soon as possible.
We are currently looking for an experienced Play and Community Worker to join our dedicated frontline Family Services team, delivering this vital support to around 100 children and their families each year.
Responsibilities of the Role
The Play and Community Worker will:
- Deliver play and learning activities for children aged 0-16 at our hostel-based Kids Club’s play sessions during term time in the London Borough of Camden.
- Deliver our Enrichment Trips School Holiday programme during school holidays (in Camden, Hackney and the wider London and South-East England area)
- Deliver our term-time Essentials Bank programme, providing free household goods to families in hostels
- Assist the Services Manager with a range of administrative and operational activities to support the day-to-day running of our Family Services and CARIS Families’ operations as a whole
- Provide a warm and welcoming experience for children and their families attending CARIS Families’ services
- Engage enthusiastically and supportively with children in their play and learning experiences, through staff-led activities and facilitating child-led play
- Work proactively as part of our Family Services team, supporting colleagues, embracing change and contributing ideas to service development within our frontline Family Services.
Person Specification
We are looking for a Play and Community Worker who is:
- Qualified to Level 2 or 3, or prepared to work towards this qualification in: Playwork, Early Years, CYP Workforce, Youth Work or any related area
- Experienced in delivering play within a CYP or community work setting, and working with 0- to 16-year-olds
- Experienced in providing and facilitating safe and creative play experiences
- Passionate about improving opportunities for disadvantaged children
- Understanding of the varied needs of children and their families, and of the impact of trauma and ACE on children’s development and wellbeing
- Able to maintain professional boundaries while supporting parents/carers and children empathetically, and with a person-centred, relational approach.
- Understanding of Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding best practice
- A good communicator, comfortable with working with a wide range of service users and professionals
- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages and basic web-based software applications (e.g. Canva)
- Reliable and diligent, with good time-keeping skills, who is able to work well as part of a team, take the initiative and lend a helping hand across our fast-changing, responsive frontline work
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The Senior Children’s and Families Pastor is a key role within the staff team at St Stephen’s.
We are looking for someone with a passion to see children (0-11s) and their families grow as whole life disciples of Jesus, with direct experience working with children, and proven strategic leadership skills, to lead this ministry into continued growth at this exciting time for St Stephen’s.
Currently there are 4 main strands to children’s ministry at St Stephen’s:
1. Church based kid’s ministry and discipleship
2. Community pre-school and families
3. School’s ministry (St Stephen’s primary and 2 other local primary schools); and
4. Parenting (building community and pastoral support).
We expect the director of children’s ministry to oversee all these strands but directly lead the church-based ministry and at least one other area.
The successful candidate will take responsibility and strategic oversight for all 0-11 ministry, leading the kids and families team (presently consisting of a part time community families pastor, and the Associate kids pastor, to be appointed.) and the recruitment and training of a large volunteer team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Experienced Associate Independent Investigating Officers (IOs) for Stage 2 Complaints (This role sits within our Independent Person for Complaints (IPC) service)
Contract: Associate
Hours: Variable, according to demand for services/caseload and role in investigation
Salary: £25.25 per hour
Location: Associate Independent Investigating Officers for Complaints primarily work from home. Some travel may be required as part of an investigation – location will vary according to the referral received from the Local Authority. Cases will be allocated to Associate IOs living locally to the referring authority, wherever possible.
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity, founded by Thomas Coram in London, helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About the role
We are seeking additional experienced Associate Independent Investigating Officers (IO) for Complaints, to increase our capacity to respond to referrals from Local Authorities to provide an independent element to the formal Stage 2 investigations under the Children Act 1989.
The IO will lead investigations, and will give the complainant (who may be a child, young person or adult) the opportunity to express their view, ensure the child or young person’s rights and best interests are at the centre of the investigation and that the investigation/review process is open and transparent. They write a report on the investigation/review, which is submitted to the referring agency.
The Job Description document sets out the expectations for an Associate Independent Person for Complaints (IPC) who is approved by Coram Voice. IPCs are independent, freelance and responsible for their own work. Nevertheless, IPCs are accountable to the organisation for their professional standards and are expected to comply with Coram Voice Code of Ethics and Practice Guidelines.
Please note: the nature of associate work means that we cannot guarantee a regular amount of work, and complaints will be allocated dependent on the associate’s availability, location and the needs and demands of the individual case. Investigation work takes place Monday to Friday within working hours. This position is not suitable for applicants who already work or have commitments more than two days within the working week.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: Please note this is a rolling recruitment campaign
Interview date: TBC
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBTQ+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
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Are you a hands-on, collaborative finance professional who enjoys working with purpose and autonomy? Momentum Children’s Charity is looking for a part-time Finance Manager to join our warm, ambitious team and oversee our day-to-day finances as we continue to grow.
You’ll maintain accurate records, manage income and expenditure across multiple platforms, support our Director of Finance and Operations with budget monitoring, and help ensure our processes are robust and efficient. This role is ideal for someone with experience in charity or SME finance who wants to balance meaningful work with flexible working.
We offer:
- £38,000–42,000 FTE depending on experience (pro rata for 25 hrs per week)
- Flexible hours and hybrid working
- A values-led, inclusive team culture
- A chance to make a genuine impact in a small, growing charity
- Role overview
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Financial Management and Bookkeeping
- Maintain accurate financial records using QuickBooks Online.
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of all income and expenditure, including reconciliations of bank accounts, credit cards, petty cash, and restricted funds.
- Process sales invoices, accounts receivable, and income from multiple platforms (Stripe, GoCardless, PayPal, Fundraise Up, etc.).
- Manage accounts payable including invoice approval workflows, payment runs, and supplier records.
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Reporting and Analysis
- Produce and circulate weekly budget holder reports, resolving any variances or queries.
- Support the Director of Finance and Operations with quarterly management accounts, budget monitoring, and preparation for year-end processes and audits.
- Assist with reconciliation of the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts, including prepayments, accruals, and deferred income.
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Gift Aid and Compliance
- Submit Gift Aid claims to HMRC and ensure accurate record-keeping in line with charity policy.
- Maintain and update restricted income records and allocation files, ensuring compliance with donor restrictions.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and relevant legislation.
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Team Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the main finance contact across departments, supporting budget holders with financial queries.
- Provide finance induction and support to new starters.
- Support the Fundraising and Family Support teams on event finance (cash handling, floats, expense processing, reconciliation).
- Confidently communicate with internal and external stakeholders including budget holders, suppliers, and auditors.
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Systems, Processes and Improvements
- Champion effective financial controls, help embed a culture of strong financial management, and continuously improve finance systems and processes.
- Ensure secure and well-organised storage of financial records, in line with retention policies.
- Support and supervise the Finance Assistant, including line management, development, and training as needed.
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Other
- Provide ad hoc financial support to the Director of Finance and Operations.
- Be adaptable and open to change in line with the charity’s strategic growth and development plans.
We support families across SW London, Surrey and Sussex whose children are facing cancer or a life-challenging condition.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a confident, compassionate and organised practitioner to deliver focused family support with a strong focus on early learning. This role combines practical support for families with children and delivery of child development interventions such as Making it REAL and Big Hopes Big Futures. You will also help build volunteer capacity, from supporting volunteers with resource bags to contributing to outreach, engagement and group work, depending on your experience.
Duties and Key Responsibilities:
Direct Support to Families
- Hold a small caseload of families with children delivering up to 2 hours of support per week on a short-term basis.
- Conduct home and community visits to support early childhood development, build resilience and improve family wellbeing.
- Work in a strength based and relationship building way, helping parents recognise and build on what they are already doing well.
- Deliver structured early learning interventions including Making it REAL and Big Hopes Big Futures.
- Support families to develop a rich and positive home learning environment.
Volunteer Development.
- Act as the first point of contact for child development resources, ensuring they are maintained and distributed to volunteers when needed.
- Offer shadowing opportunities and depending on your experience, support small group learning or supervision. Help to provide ongoing guidance and encouragement to help volunteers build confidence and skills.
Planning, Events & Outreach
- Work with the Lead Family Support Coordinators to deliver early learning events and community-based outreach.
- Help raise awareness of Home-Start Southwark services through local outreach and networking to increase referrals of families and volunteer recruitment.
- Develop good working relationships with a range of referrers and other professionals including health, education and social care.
Monitoring, Recording & Partnership Working
- Carry out initial assessments, reviews and end visits with families.
- Liaise with referrers and other professionals.
- Make referrals to other organisations.
- Record all work accurately and in a timely manner using the CharityLog (our internal system for which training will be provided).
- Contribute to impact reporting by preparing case studies and success stories.
- Attend and actively contribute to team meetings, training and supervision.
- Follow safeguarding policies and escalate concerns following our procedures.
- Promote a safe, fair and inclusive environment for all families, volunteers and colleagues.
General
- Help with occasional community outreach outside core hours when required.
- Support the wider Family Support Team as needed.
Home-Start believes every parent should have the support they need to give their children the best possible start in life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Community Fundraiser
Salary: 30k
Team: Supporter Engagement / Fundraising
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Shooting Star House (Hampton) & WFH (Hybrid)
About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Fundraiser to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.
At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.
It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have exciting plans for expansion and further enhancing our services to support even more families in need. If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team dedicated to raising vital funds and awareness in the community, we’d love to hear from you.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Community Fundraiser to join our Community Fundraising team. Community is at the heart of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, and our community fundraising team play a vital role in building relationships and raising funds across our community and catchment. As a Community Fundraiser you will enjoy working with people and supporting the community to maximise, they’re fundraising efforts for Shooting Star.
Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. We support families across Surrey and London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.
As a key member of our Community Fundraising team, you will work closely with the Senior Public Fundraising Manager and Head of Supporter Engagement on new and existing fundraising activities, helping to maintain and develop existing relationships and work proactively to identify new contacts and opportunities for development. This is an exciting role, in a growing team within a charity that makes a huge impact across our communities. We would welcome applications from candidates who have demonstrable experience in fundraising, marketing or sales, or transferable relationship management skills.
The post will be based at the hospice in Hampton, but you may need to travel extensively throughout Shooting Star Children’s Hospices catchment area and therefore it is essential you are a car owner and driver.
You may be required to attend events and meetings throughout the catchment area during weekends, early mornings or evenings and you should be prepared for this.
What we offer
In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:
Pension scheme
- NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions
Annual leave
- 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
- 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service
Contractual benefits
- Generous sick pay scheme
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
- Flexible working arrangements
- Death in service benefits
- Reimbursed professional membership fees
- Eye care
- Employee referral scheme
- Blue Light discount card
Health and wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Occupational Health
- Mindfulness sessions
- Cycle to work scheme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Also, we are committed to equal opportunities and consider all applicants to be in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.
We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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The Childhood Trust is London's child poverty charity. We are dedicated to creating opportunities and brighter futures for the 700,000 children growing up in poverty in London. While we work to alleviate today’s impact of poverty, we support children and families to build pathways to become happier, healthier, safer and more resilient, breaking the cycles of inequity. Listening to and engaging with young people who have experience of living in poverty, is critical to ensuring our efforts truly reflect their needs and aspirations.
As a grant-making charity, we award funding to charities actively supporting children in poverty across the capital. This funding is made possible thanks to the partnerships we build with corporate organisations, other trusts and foundations, philanthropic individuals and families, and public donations.
Volunteers are a vital part of The Childhood Trust’s work. Through our Transforming Spaces programme, they deliver direct support to children affected by poverty and the communities that support them across London. They also have the potential to grow our internal capacity so that we can reach our ambitious vision to scale our work and ensure that every child in London is well prepared for life.
As The Childhood Trust’s Volunteer Manager, you’ll be responsible for volunteers across the organisation.
Your role will include oversight of the corporate and community volunteers who take part in our Transforming Spaces programme. You will work closely with colleagues in the fundraising team to create a positive and inspiring experience for corporate volunteers.
Key to this role will be working with the Head of Volunteering and Community Programmes to embed volunteering across The Childhood Trust. You will lead on developing a diverse and inclusive volunteer base of skilled and specialist individual volunteers, fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment where they feel valued and connected to the mission.
Our organisation takes pride in offering key benefits such as flexible working arrangements, 25 days annual leave per year and enhanced maternity provisions. We are also deeply committed to the development and growth of our staff, providing opportunities to enhance skills and achieve career goals. Plus, you’ll be joining a dedicated and passionate team that truly makes a difference.
Please ensure you submit a CV and cover letter to apply for this role.
Job Title - Caseworker (Immigration and Asylum Law)
Contract - Permanent
Hours - 35 hours per week
Salary - £27,000 - £29,000 dependent on experience
Location - Coram Campus, London, with the possibility of hybrid working
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive
About the role
This role is a newly created position working within the Youth Access to Immigration Representation and Advice (YAIRA) project providing immigration and asylum support to young people who are in care or are care leavers. The YAIRA Project was set up by Coram CLC and 4 local authorities – Enfield, Islington, Barnet and Camden - to increase access to representation and advice for children in care and leaving care.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a keen interest in upholding the rights of vulnerable children and young people with experience of the care system who is seeking to progress their legal aid career in the charity sector. Our lawyers benefit from a good work-life balance and realistic financial and chargeable hour targets. The role can be split between working from home/office-based with flexibility as to the balance between the two.
The successful candidate will work alongside a senior caseworker already working on the project and together you will liaise with the local authorities involved in the project to implement an effective referral mechanism for children and young persons in their care and have conduct of and be responsible for a caseload of immigration, asylum and associated human rights law matters concerning children, young people and families referred by the local authorities. You will be expected to provide high quality legal advice, assistance and representation to these clients through legal aid casework.
The candidate will also be involved in providing ad hoc training as required to the local authority partners on areas relating to the immigration needs of children in care and care leavers and as agreed with the local authorities.
When not working on the YAIRA project, the postholder may be asked to provide paralegal casework support to the wider immigration and asylum team.
We welcome applications from caseworkers at different stages of their careers provided that they have experience (ideally 1 years+) of conducting immigration & asylum cases. The successful candidate should be able to manage a caseload independently, but we also offer excellent supervision and training opportunities, and we support all our employees in their career progression.
We welcome applications from candidates with direct personal or lived experience of the issues that CCLC works on, such as the UK immigration and asylum system, the care system, the family justice system or children's educational law rights.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: 23.59pm 7th August 2025
Interview date: 14th August 2025
Coram is an equal opportunities employer, and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
Coram changes lives, laws and systems to create better chances for children, now and forever.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.