Children charity jobs in leeds, west yorkshire
SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
We are now looking for an experienced Programme Manager to help drive meaningful change by supporting locally led programmes.
- Lead UK-funded programmes from planning to close-out, ensuring high-quality delivery, alignment with donor requirements, and impact for children and families.
- Build strong, respectful partnerships across global teams to support locally led, context-sensitive programme approaches.
- Strengthen evidence and learning by embedding robust MEAL practices, turning data into actionable insights and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with Finance teams to ensure strong budgeting, forecasting, and financial accountability across your programme portfolio.
- Partner with Fundraising, Communications, Safeguarding, and Governance teams to ensure programmes are well-supported, compliant, and effectively communicated.
If you are an experienced, values-driven programme manager with a passion for child rights, cross-cultural collaboration, and innovative development work, looking for a pivotal role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!
To Apply
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Monday 30 June 2025, 17.00 UK time.
Please note:
The post-holder must be UK-based and able to work on a permanent full-time contract. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a role specific covering letter.
CVs submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Sick Children’s Trust offers accommodation and support to families with a seriously ill child in hospital. We are looking for a dynamic, compassionate and energetic Operations Manager to oversee our seven ‘Homes from Home’ in Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds and Cambridge.
If you are an exceptional experienced leader, passionate about making a difference and looking for an exciting and rewarding role where no two days are the same, please contact us. More information about the role and the company are attached in the Recruitment pack.
If you are interested in this position please submit your CV along with a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and might be closed early, therefore early applications are advised.
Closing date 27th June 2025
Head of Retail and FOOD Services
Department: Directorate of Development and External Affairs
Salary: Starting at £47,264, rising to £54,728 FTE per annum + £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Homebased with weekly national travel
Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so 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.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as the Head of Retail and FOOD Services. This is a unique opportunity to lead and innovate in a role that combines strategic leadership, operational excellence, and community impact.
Main Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a multi-channel retail and food services strategy, including business planning, risk assessment, and performance management to increase net profit and service impact.
- Lead on budgeting, financial forecasting, and P&L management. Identify and develop new income-generating opportunities, including grants and tenders.
- Provide strategic leadership to geographically dispersed teams, ensuring effective recruitment, support and training of staff and volunteers.
Main Requirements
- Educated to degree level or above in a relevant sector.
- Demonstrable senior retail management knowledge and experience in managing complex projects, leading teams, and delivering measurable outcomes.
- Proven track record in income growth, financial planning, and managing budgets.
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Apply via the Family Action Careers Hub linked to this advert
• Closing Date: 7th July at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place from 16th-22nd July 2025.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
Family Action is an award-winning national charity working from the heart of local communities across England and Wales.




The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Deputy Head of Care
£45,000pa + Company Car and benefits (25 days annual leave and pension)
This is a national role
This Best Companies Top 100 mid-sized company and Top 20 charity is looking to appoint a Deputy Head of Care to hold national responsibility for the operational management of identified Care projects, driving their development and implementation.
Reporting to the Director of Care and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for the line management of Family Support Managers for the Kentown Programme and the development of new locality projects as identified by the Director of Care Services.
Having worked previously in a senior management role, with experience of working in a stressful and emotional environment, within the community, you have a commitment to working in partnership with children, young people and their families, developing, monitoring and delivering service outcomes and building and maintaining successful professional partnerships to ensure the service is accessible to relevant families.
What we’re looking for:
· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who understand the impact on family dynamics of having a child/young person with a life threatening or terminal illness and those who have worked in bereavement support.
· A poised and convincing communicator - you will maintain effective relationships with stakeholders including families, referrers, partners and other statutory, private and voluntary agencies.
· Comfortable with a changing environment - you will thrive working at a fast pace and controlling tasks from conception to completion and understand that quickly connecting with people is essential.
· A persuasive, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly – you have a strong sense of drive and a warm and friendly working style.
· Strong networking skills and confident use of MS Office - Educated to A-level or equivalent with a recognised childcare and management qualification (NVQ4 or equivalent)
What we offer:
We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, including:
· Flexible working hours to balance home and working life
· Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand
· 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 days to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)
· Company car for front line care posts
· Time off in lieu
· Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts
· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes
· Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year
· Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%
· The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and an extra half day off for Christmas shopping
· Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth
· A recommend a friend recruitment referral bonus scheme
If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us please visit our website.
As part of our learning and development Anne Harris skills development programme, we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.
Our Family Support Teams are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, introduction to play.
The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs.
About us:
Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.
How to apply:
Please send an up-to-date CV with a covering expression of interest letter to us via the link.
Closing date for applications is 20th June.
First interviews will take place at Cassini court on 21st June, with second interviews thereafter.
There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate team and family need. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.
Rainbow Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.
Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Registered Charity No: 1070532
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Closing Date: 29 June 2025
Ref 7090
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and engaging individual to join us as our Fundraising Manager, where you will help drive growth in our key income streams while providing exceptional stewardship to our valued supporters.
In this role you will have the opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in the UK, with occasional on-site presence in London Farringdon approximately once per quarter.
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 Role
As Fundraising Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving income growth across key streams, including regional corporate partnerships and individual fundraisers. You will have the opportunity to build and nurture successful relationships with supporters, offering the highest levels of stewardship while managing multiple priorities.
Additionally, you will contribute to income reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, ensuring that pipelines of prospects and partners are accurately maintained and strategically developed.
In this Role You Will:
• Drive growth in our key income streams of regional corporate partnerships and supporter led fundraising individuals.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously while providing the highest level of stewardship to all supporters.
• Contribute to departmental income reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Ensure the pipeline of prospects and partners is kept up to date across all income streams.
• Develop and implement safeguarding procedures relevant to the role, ensuring children, community members, staff, and volunteers are protected from harm.
About You
To be successful, it is important that you have:
• Experience in a corporate and community fundraising environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining the highest level of supporter stewardship.
• Strong experience of building successful internal and external relationships.
• Solid organisational skills to ensure fundraising activities are planned, implemented, and completed to the highest standards.
• Creativity to generate innovative ways to support partners and fundraisers, fostering long-term supporter relationships.
• Experience of financial budgeting and reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, and values.
What We Offer You
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to improve the lives of children every day.
To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.
Advert closing date Sunday 29 June.
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 7th July.
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.
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.
SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, which exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. We are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
We are now looking for an experienced Senior Programme Funding Manager to secure crucial support from grant-making organisations and institutional funders.
- Drive strategic growth by mapping global programmes to UK funding opportunities, developing innovative strategies, and pioneering our humanitarian funding approach.
- Craft compelling partnerships by transforming programme insights into standout proposals and building strong relationships with like-minded funders.
- Collaborate globally with international teams to ensure funding applications reflect real community needs and align with expert input across safeguarding, finance, and programme delivery.
- Innovate by forming strategic partnerships with NGOs, research institutions, and development actors to co-create impactful new approaches.
- Lead grant processes from end to end, ensuring excellence in donor communications, reporting, and internal collaboration across departments.
- Maintain rigorous standards by managing due diligence, tracking progress in Salesforce, forecasting KPIs, and ensuring compliance with policies and best practice.
If you are an exceptional relationship builder, experienced in international development, looking for a pivotal role within a friendly, flexible, and supportive team, then this could be for you!
To Apply
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Friday 27 June 2025, 17.00 UK time.
Please note:
The post-holder must be UK-based and able to work on a permanent full-time contract. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
Please read the full Candidate Pack attached which contains the entire job description and person specification, and submit a copy of your CV and a role specific covering letter.
CVs submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Youth Endowment Fund
Head of Change – Health
Reports to: Director of Change, Youth Endowment Fund
Salary: £67,900 per annum
Location: Central London or remote
Contract: 2-year fixed term – potential to extend. Open to 0.8 FTE for the right candidate
About the Youth Endowment Fund
We’re here to prevent children from becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to change things.
In recent years, violent crime involving children has increased. This is a tragedy. Every child is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) is a charity with a £200m endowment that exists to prevent children from becoming involved in violence. We will achieve this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice. A big part of the movement that we need to build is in the world of health. We need to inspire and connect with health leaders across Integrated Care Services (ICBs), Local Health Boards (LHBs), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and other relevant parts of the system. We need to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We are looking for someone to lead on making this happen.
Key Responsibilities
We are making progress building the evidence of what works within and around health services to reduce violence. But the big risk is that nothing changes. That’s where you come in. Your role is to identify the best way to make change happen within relevant health services. Your main responsibilities will be ensuring that:
We have great relationships with the people who can make change happen.
This will include:
- Developing great relationships with senior policy makers, sector leaders and experts, including representing YEF in external meetings and speaking at events.
- Build a Strategic Advisory Board of leading experts across the health sector and keep members onside and excited about our work.
- Manage excellent Strategic Advisory Group meetings. You can read more about our Education Strategic Advisory Group here.
We deliver the health system recommendations.
This will include:
- Helping to identify the right recommendations at a system level (such as changes in policy, regulation, inspection, funding, or guidance) that make it more likely highly vulnerable children get access to the right support at the right time.
- Creating and delivering a plan to deliver the health system reforms, working closely with leaders to make the change happen.
- Tracking progress carefully, being thoughtful and creative about when and how to change the plan.
We work out the most effective ways to connect people with the evidence, then making those things happen.
This will include:
- Helping health leaders change how they plan or provide services to better protect children from violence, based on our Practice Guidance.
- You can read our first guidance for school, college, and alternative provision leaders here.
- Creating a plan to get people to follow our guidance, using what we know about how they think and behave.
- Continuously testing and improving our approach to get better results.
As a senior member of staff in the organisation you also:
- Build a culture where it is natural to perform well and support colleagues brilliantly.
- Contribute to setting the strategy, delivering results, and building and modelling the culture that we need to succeed.
About You
You are this sort of person:
- You know how to make change happen. You combine analytical sharpness with emotional intelligence and real-world experience. You understand why people resist change – and how to move them through it. You’re curious about human behaviour and what drives decision-making.
- You bring deep experience of the health system. You’ve worked at a senior level in or with health services – potentially commissioning support for young people at risk of or involved in violence. You understand how ICSs, LHBs, CAMHS and other health leaders think, and know how to navigate and influence within the system.
- You communicate complex ideas clearly. Whether speaking or writing, you break down complicated concepts in ways that make sense to different audiences – without oversimplifying. You bring clarity where others bring jargon.
- You get things done. You’re organised, delivery-focused, and produce high-quality work, even under pressure. You work independently and to a high standard.
- You build trust and connect with people. From government ministers to youth workers, CEOs to 15-year-olds – you know how to listen, build rapport, and make people feel heard. You’ve led meetings, made strong introductions, and bring people with you.
- You think big and adapt fast. You’re a strategic thinker who can see the big picture without losing sight of the detail. You’re logical, creative, and open to challenge – always testing and refining your ideas.
- You understand young people. You get what life can be like for vulnerable young people and you understand the systems and organisations around them. Ideally, you’ve seen this first-hand, whether professionally or personally.
- You’re committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Not just in theory – but in how you work, who you listen to, and what you prioritise.
You must have this sort of experience.
- Delivering concrete change in practice or systems that improved children’s lives.
- Leadership experience in the health system. You’ve worked at a senior level in or with health services – potentially in commissioning – and you understand how to navigate and influence within these complex systems.
First-hand knowledge of the system that supports highly vulnerable children, particularly those at risk of or involved in violence. This includes children with conditions such as conduct disorder, psychosis, substance use disorder, ADHD, developmental language disorder, and traumatic brain injury. You understand the barriers these children face and what it takes to get them the right support.
While it’s not a criterion, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have lived experience of violence affecting young people.
It’s also important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.
All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, however, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Hybrid Working
The office is based in Central London. Those living in and around London are expected to be in the office a minimum of 2 days per week. If you live outside of London and work remotely, you’ll be expected to work from the London office 2 days per month. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at the interview stage.
To Apply
Please click on the "Apply for this" button and submit your CV, your completed monitoring form and cover letter, which must answer the following three questions below. Please submit your application by 9am Friday 27th June 2025.
Application Questions
Improving practice or systems
1. Can you describe a time when you successfully supported health leaders to improve practice or systems (e.g., regulation, funding, guidance)? Please include the scale and context of your experience. (maximum 500 words)
Developing strategy
2. Please provide an example of a strategy you developed from scratch and implemented independently. What did you do, what was the impact, what did you learn? (maximum 500 words)
Personal and professional experiences in violence prevention
3. What personal and professional experiences have shaped your understanding of the health sector’s role in preventing violence? (maximum 500 words)
Interview Process
This will be a two-stage panel interview process. Interviews will take place in the week commencing the 7th July 2025. Second stage interviews are currently scheduled for the week commencing 21st July.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not sponsor work permits and you will be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits Include
- £1000 professional development budget annually
- 28 days holiday plus Bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24hour phone line for free confidential support
- Volunteering days - 4 half days per year
- Death in service - 4 times annual salary Flexible hours.
- Core office hours 10am – 4pm
- Financial support including travel and hardship loans
- Employer contributed pension of 5%.
Your Data
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful, and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
We exist to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At TLG, we’re passionate about building an exceptional staff team that’s committed to making a real difference in the lives of struggling children across the UK. We’re always on the lookout for great people to journey with us towards our vision, and we’re excited to offer a unique opportunity for a motivated and passionate graduate to join us as a Grants Coordinator.
Our Graduate Programme is designed to accelerate leadership and career development through a unique involvement in key areas of TLG’s work. It’s a chance to build on your individual passions, skills, and interests while contributing to meaningful change for children and young people. As a Grants Coordinator, you’ll gain hands-on experience in the non-profit sector, develop essential skills in grant management, and play a key role in supporting our impactful programmes.
Based primarily within our Fundraising & Supporter Engagement team, the Grants Coordinator will work to grow and maximise voluntary income from grant-making trusts. This role offers the chance to work closely with colleagues across TLG and with external partners, giving you a broad and varied experience and developing your understanding of the sector. From liaising with funders and writing compelling applications to leading new projects and contributing to strategic development, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to bring hope and a future to struggling children.
TLG is a Christian charity and, as a team, we want to bring our faith to the work we do; as such, we are recruiting an individual with a strong and vibrant Christian faith. We would welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds to enable us to better reflect the needs of the communities we serve.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing Date: Tuesday 8th July
Initial Interviews: Monday 14th July – Online
Final Interviews: Tuesday 22nd July – at our National Support Office in West Yorkshire
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Language and Communications Coordinator
Hours: Full Time (36 hours) - working pattern to be agreed. Maternity cover until 31st July 2026.
Salary: £26,225 per annum
Location: Home-based in Wales
About Coram
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. We work in a dynamic environment, always innovating and changing whilst ensuring that our standards of data management are at the highest level and the best it can possibly be.
About Coram PACEY
Coram PACEY is the professional association dedicated to supporting home-based child carers, including childminders and nannies, to provide high quality services, information and advice to children, their families and carers.
The Role:
As a member of the Coram PACEY Cymru team to coordinate the planning and delivery of work related to language and communications in Wales, delivering against the Welsh Government and other bodies funded work programmes. Through this work raise the profile of childcare and early years professionals and the work of Coram PACEY Cymru across Wales. Fluent Welsh language skills are essential for this post.
We welcome applications for this role through English or Welsh.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: 11.59pm, Sunday 15th June 2025
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 global majority 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.
Teitl Swydd: Cydlynydd Iaith a Chyfathrebu
Oriau: Llawn amser 36 awr, patrwm gwaith i'w gytuno. Dros gyfnod mamolaeth. Cytundeb tymor penodol hyd at 31 Gorffennaf 2026.
Cyflog - £26,225 y flwyddyn
Lleoliad - Gweithio Gartref yng Nghymru
Ynglŷn â Coram
Coram yw'r elusen hynaf i blant yn y DU a sefydlwyd gan Thomas Coram yn Llundain i helpu plant a phobl ifanc bregus er 1739. Heddiw, mae grŵp Coram yn helpu mwy na miliwn o blant, pobl ifanc, teuluoedd a gweithwyr proffesiynol y flwyddyn trwy gynnig mynediad at y sgiliau a'r cyfleoedd y mae eu hangen arnynt i ffynnu. Rydym yn gweithio mewn amgylchedd dynamig, yn arloesi ac yn newid drwy'r amser wrth sicrhau bod ein safonau rheoli data ar y lefel uchaf a'r gorau y gallant fod.
Ynglŷn â Coram PACEY
Mae Coram PACEY yn gymdeithas broffesiynol sy'n ymroi i gefnogi gofalwyr plant yn y cartref, gan gynnwys gwarchodwyr plant a nanis, i gynnig gwasanaethau, gwybodaeth a chyngor o ansawdd uchel i blant, eu teuluoedd a'u gofalwyr.
Y rôl:
Fel aelod o dîm Coram PACEY Cymru, cydlynu cynllunio a chyflwyno gwaith yn ymwneud ag iaith a chyfathrebu yng Nghymru, gan gyflwyno yn erbyn rhaglenni gwaith Llywodraeth Cymru a chyrff eraill a ariennir. Trwy'r gwaith hwn codi proffil gweithwyr proffesiynol gofal plant a blynyddoedd cynnar a gwaith Coram PACEY Cymru ar draws Cymru. Mae bod yn rhugl yn y Gymraeg yn hanfodol ar gyfer y swydd hon.
Croesawn geisiadau am y rôl hon trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg a'r Saesneg.
I wneud cais am y rôl hon, cliciwch ar y botwm 'gwneud cais yn awr' i lenwi'r cais.
Dyddiad Cau: 11.59pm, 15 Mehefin 2025
Dyddiad Cyfweld: i'w gadarnhau
Mae Coram yn gyflogwr cyfle cyfartal a chredwn fod gweithlu amrywiol yn galluogi inni wella'r gwasanaethau i'r plant a'r teuluoedd rydym yn eu helpu. Rydym wir wedi ymrwymo i annog ymgeiswyr o bob rhan o'r gymuned y ceisiwn ei chefnogi. Mae hyn yn cynnwys y rheini o gefndiroedd ethnig mwyafrif byd-eang, y rheini sy'n uniaethu fel LGBQT+, y rheini ag anableddau, y rheini â phrofiad byw o ofal, y rheini â niwroamrywiaeth, a'r rheini o grwpiau eraill sydd wedi'u tangynrychioli yn Coram.
Os yw ymgeiswyr yn teimlo'n gyfforddus, byddem yn eu hannog i dynnu ar brofiad byw ynghyd â phrofiad proffesiynol yn eu datganiad personol fel rhan o'u cais.
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i ddiogelu plant a lle fo'n briodol byddwn yn gofyn i'r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus ymgymryd â gwiriad gan y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig. 312278.
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The Belay Foundation is a small charity with big ambitions to improve the lives of adoptive, special guardian and kinship care families. We deliver innovative trauma-responsive services that families value and we are looking for an experienced charity leader to take us through growth into the next chapter of our story. Please note that our closing date has changed to Wednesday 18th June.
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do and we use DDP principles (Dyadic Developmental Practice) to train our staff and to inform how we deliver our services.
- Job title: Chief Executive Officer - Interim
- Pay: £350 per day
- Location: Remote but quarterly in-person staff meetings in Bath/Wiltshire and annual trustee in-person meeting
- Hours: 2 days per week
- Length of contract: 1 year
- Start date: September 2025, negotiable
- Reporting to: Co-Chairs of Trustees
- Responsible for: Operational team of 3
- Recruitment closing date: 5pm Wednesday 18th June
Responsibilities:
- Leadership of the organisation and management of staff
- Holding the safeguarding of our children and their families at the heart of all we do
- Eliciting feedback from families and the wider beneficiary community to develop services
- Fundraising and income development
- Ensuring the financial management of the charity works towards greater sustainability
- Developing the organisational structure, its processes, and methods of service delivery
- Delivery of accreditation as required e.g., DDP (Dyadic Development Practice) and CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
- Protecting the reputation of the organisation, constantly improving processes and procedures
- Improving service efficiency and maintaining compliance e.g. GDPR
- Overseeing public relations activity
- Developing all of the above with an eye to environmental sustainability
- Other responsibilities as designated by the Trustees
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for an experienced charity leader to hit the ground running with some knowledge or awareness of the families that we support and the issues that they face. Most importantly we are looking for experience of financial management, fundraising, staff management and strategic development to help our organisation grow and thrive into the next 5 years and beyond.
Essential experience:
- Knowledge or awareness of children in permanence who have been in the care
- system for example in adoption, special guardianship or kinship care families
- Leadership within a growing organisation
- Leadership and management of staff and volunteers
- Fundraising and diversifying income
- Financial management
- IT literacy
Desirable experience:
- Familiarity with Dyadic Developmental Practice
- Development of systems that enable good processes and communication across the
- organisation
- Partnership working with other organisations e.g. charities and local authorities
- Attributes and skills:
- High levels of empathy for different experiences
- Ability to prioritise
- Ability to engage and motivate a team
- Professionalism
- Communication to different audiences from families to press statements
- Ability to ask for help and understand own limitations
- Capacity for self-reflection
- Able to work flexibly in terms of hours
- Commitment to our values of empathy, respect, professionalism, learning, partnership, innovation
Please send a CV and cover letter. For an informal conversation about the role, please call Sarah whose contact number is on the application pack.
The Belay Foundation aims to improve the life chances of children in adoptive, kinship care and special guardian families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is National Lottery funded role in a growing charity representing children and young people affected by the neuropsychiatric conditions PANS and PANDAS.
The purpose of this role is to work closely with our established Youth Board to ensure that the voices of young people affected by PANS and PANDAS are heard, valued, and reflected in our work.
The successful applicant will support the Youth Board in identifying, developing, and delivering one or more youth-led projects that align with their priorities and lived experiences.
See the job description and the recruitment pack attached for more informaton.
Please do not submit your application by email, use the Charity Jobs application process.
Please do not use AI to write your covering letter, we really would much prefer to hear from you in your own words.
Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about the role.
PANS PANDAS UK is the only UK charity supporting children and families living with the neuropsychiatric conditions PANS and PANDAS.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title – Volunteer Co-ordinator, Norfolk Independent Visitor Service
Contract - Permanent
Hours -24 hours per week
Starting salary: £16,263.36 per annum
Location - Homeworking and work in the community across Norfolk
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 Coram Voice
Coram Voice is a national independent children’s charity established in 1975 and has grown to become one of the leading organisations for children and young people in the UK.
Coram Voice is a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.
About the role:
- Are you passionate about recruiting, supporting and developing volunteers?
- Are you looking for an opportunity to help make positive differences to the lives of children and young people who are looked after or care leavers of the local authority?
- Are you wanting to join a strong, dynamic and committed team of staff and volunteers?
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our successful Independent Visitor Service in Norfolk as a Volunteer Co-ordinator. We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services.
You will recruit, assess and train volunteers to become Independent Visitors; volunteer befrienders to care experienced children and young people.
We are a child led service and you will not act outside of the young person’s instructions (except in matters of child protection and safety.)You will build strong relationships with the child or young person, Independent Visitors and other significant adults and will support Independent Visitors to develop long term, meaningful friendships with their matched young person.
You will work in partnership with other parts of the service, organisation and external agencies and professionals.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: 11.59pm, 20th June 2025
Interview Date: w/c 7th July 2025
Shortlisting will be undertaken by Steph Walsingham, Norfolk IV Service Manager and Helen Smith, Norfolk IV Volunteer Coordinator.
Successful candidates will then be invited for interview and the appointable candidate will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations.
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 global majority 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 cannot accept general CVs. When completing your application form, address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it.
- Applications must be fully completed.
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.
Community Project Lead
- Two-year fixed term, full-time (35 hours per week) or part-time (minimum 21 hours per week considered), £28,000 – £32,000 per annum depending on experience (pro rata if part-time)
- Remote or office-based. Occasional visits to IPSEA’s office in Takeley or a London venue required. This role will also include frequent travel to meet with community partners.
Do you have experience working with under-served communities and leading impactful outreach projects? Are you passionate about improving access to support for families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?
IPSEA is the leading charity in the field of SEND law in England, and we provide free and independent legal advice and support to families of children and young people with SEND. We also provide training on the SEND legal framework, and we influence policy at both a local and national level.
We are looking for an experienced and motivated Community Project Lead to join our team and lead the development of our advice services for under-served communities. This two-year, fixed-term role is a key part of our strategy to reach groups who may not traditionally engage with IPSEA’s support - including children and families with English as an additional language, cared-for children (children in care), migrant children, detained children, and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
The project builds on a detailed scoping exercise we’ve recently completed, which involved working closely with a wide range of charities and organisations that support these communities. The resulting report outlines the barriers they face, and will form the foundation for this project and directly inform the work you will lead.
What you’ll do
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Design and develop pilot advice services that are tailored to the needs of under-served communities, using findings from IPSEA’s research
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Build and maintain strong relationships with community groups, charities and service providers to co-produce accessible services
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Collaborate with IPSEA’s advice, legal and policy teams to address the barriers these communities face in accessing SEND legal advice
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Contribute to and share outreach materials, training resources and toolkits to support families of under-served communities and empower local advocates
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Plan and lead workshops, focus groups and community events to raise awareness, gather feedback and enhance service delivery
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Monitor and report on project outcomes and impact, providing regular updates to IPSEA staff and stakeholders
You can work remotely or from IPSEA’s office in Takeley, with frequent travel required for essential meetings and community engagement.
If you share our commitment to protecting, promoting, and upholding the rights of children and young people with SEND, and would like to use your skills to improve access to vital advice and support, we would love to hear from you.
Visit our website to download a recruitment pack and application form.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 16 June 2025
First-round interviews: Wednesday 25 June 2025 (London)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Family Support Manager who is passionate about making a real difference for families of children and young people with disabilities. This is an opportunity to lead a dedicated team, expand our support services, and make sure that no child or young person is left without the vital care they need due to a lack of resources or support.
You will have the chance to bring fresh ideas, develop new ways of working, and strengthen our support pathways. This role is your opportunity to make a lasting impact, not just by delivering exceptional support, but by building a service that continues to grow and improve as part of our ‘Bridging the Gap’ strategy.
This is a home-based role, and you can be based anywhere in the UK, with travel (paid for) to our Head Office in Kent at least once a month and occasionally to other areas of the UK as required.
About Tree of Hope: ‘Bridging The Gap’ in Children and Young People’s Healthcare
Tree of Hope is a UK children and young people’s healthcare charity dedicated to helping families secure the funding and support they need for their seriously ill and disabled children. Since 1992, we have been a vital source of guidance and assistance for families, empowering them to access medical treatments, therapies, and equipment that are not freely available through the NHS or social care.
In October 2024, Tree of Hope launched our new three-year strategy, ‘Bridging the Gap’, to tackle the growing challenges families face in accessing the care their disabled children need. With over 1 million children in the UK living with disabilities and 40% of families with disabled children living in poverty, the need for support has never been greater. Far too many families are falling through the cracks.
‘Bridging the Gap’ is our commitment to tackling this. Our strategy is focused on expanding our reach, improving access to funding, and building stronger community networks so that more families can secure the vital treatments and support they need sooner. We are determined to make sure that no family is left behind.
Why Join Us
At Tree of Hope, we believe that every family should have equal access to the healthcare they need. To make that happen, we have built a team that is guided by our values of Respect, Dedication, Integrity, Compassion, and Collaboration. These values shape everything we do, from how we support families to how we work together as a team.
We believe that great work should be celebrated. Through our Kudos platform, team members recognise and appreciate each other's contributions every day. Our Annual Staff Awards go even further, shining a light on everyone’s contribution over the year. We also make time to connect and reflect with regular team meetings, socials, and two Away Days each year, opportunities to share ideas, strengthen relationships, and plan for the future.
Your wellbeing matters to us. We are committed to creating a supportive and caring work environment. That is why we actively use Wellness Action Plans, an Employee Assistance Programme, and a Healthcare Plan through the Hospital Saturday Fund. We also invest in your growth, offering a training and development budget to help you thrive and develop in your role.
At Tree of Hope, you will be part of a team that genuinely cares, celebrates success, and works together to make sure that no child or young person is left without the support they need.
Whether you have experience in family support, health and social care, disability services, or a related field, we welcome applications from those committed to making a difference.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity to manage a new programme and campaign focused on bringing children and young people's voices and experiences into a key public debate.
The programme is about working alongside young people to explore new ways to understand and tackle misogyny.
At Barnardo's, we believe that addressing this issue is vital, so that children can be safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful.
The essential criteria for this role are:
Experience
- At least five years' experience across both public affairs and campaigning roles working with the Westminster government and parliament.
- Demonstrable experience of working closely with senior leadership in a large organisation.
- Demonstrable experience of achieving policy change as part of a campaign.
- Demonstrable experience of developing influencing activities alongside children and young people.
- Experience of matrix management.
- Experience of project/programme management.
Skills / abilities
- Excellent written and verbal presentational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- The ability to communicate complex concepts to a variety of audiences.
- Understanding of the UK Parliament and devolved administrations, including legislative processes and the role of parliamentarians.
- Knowledge of the charity campaigning environment, including relevant regulation.
- Ability to think creatively.
- Comfort working in fast-changing environments and ability to adapt plans where needed.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore are open to offering flexible working arrangements
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.