Community youth worker jobs

Family Support Worker

£24,000 pa + Company Car and benefits (including 25 days annual leave, reward scheme and pension)

This role covers London & South East. You must be able to work across London boroughs

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.

About the role:

We are looking to appoint a Family Support Worker, on a full time basis (35 hours per week), to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our London & South East Care Team.

Reporting to the Family Support Manager of the London & South East Care Team and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness.

Having worked in a demanding and emotional environment you have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and helping people; and having provided bereavement support to families, you understand processes of grief, loss and change - and how best to help others deal with its impact.

Location:

This role covers London & South East. You must be able to work across London boroughs

What we’re looking for:

· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a community environment and those with a recognised qualification in education, health or social care

· A warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly

· Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines

· Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)

· A persuasive and open communicator - you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service and support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates

· A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.

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

· Company car for front line care posts

· 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 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)

· 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

· A recommend a friend recruitment bonus scheme

· 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

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 their best 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 visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing date: 26 February 2026

Interview Date to be confirmed

Please disclose on your application form if you have used AI for any part of your job application.

Interviews will take place at our Essex Care Team office with the dates to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful. If you require any adjustments during the interview process, please let us know.

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 we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.

Hourly rate: £12.36 per hour
Location: Reigate, Surrey – fully on site
Contract: Full-time, working 38 hours per week
Closing Date: 10th February 2026
Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice periods

Summary:

Keychange is a Christian Charity working in older people’s social care and homelessness support. Keychange provides care, support, personal development, and well-being services across nine sites in England, consisting of seven residential Care Homes for older people and two Housing Communities for women and young people, with an additional housing site in development. Our office in London provides a support function of central services to our communities to enable them to operate at the most effective level with a focus on delivering quality care and support.

Wayside Community is a 19-bed supported accommodation project in Reigate for women experiencing homelessness. Residents stay with us for up to 2 years and during this time we provide person-centred, trauma informed support to each resident, to enable them to achieve their goals and move on to sustainable, independent living.

About the Role

• This Support Worker role involves coordinating support for clients, helping women to identify their personal aims and supporting them to achieving their goals
• Providing dedicated person-centred support to clients, ensuring they access relevant services such as housing benefits and welfare benefits
• Conducting assessments with prospective clients and enrolling them in line with Keychange policies
• Liaising with other statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure the appropriate support for clients.
• Working as part of a team responsible for the day to day management of the house, and alongside clients, to provide a high quality, positive and safe place to live.
• To assess factors which could impact on the safety of clients or others, and to develop a management plan with the client and other services delivering relevant support.
• To accompany clients to visits and other services where appropriate.
• To update Wayside Community’s client database with all relevant information.
• Providing a warm and welcoming reception service for clients and other callers,

Who We’re Looking For

You will bring:

• Experience in helping people to identify personal goals and supporting them through a process of change.
• Experience of dealing with complex and difficult situations in relation to people.
• A sound understanding of the issues faced by people who are homeless or vulnerably housed and the difficulties they can experience.
• Supporting vulnerable people - Ability to maintain enthusiasm for a high level of contact with clients on a day to day basis and a non-judgemental approach to working with people with complex needs.
• Communication skills - excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively using telephone, face to face, written and electronic methods with a variety of different people

What We Offer

• £12.36 per hour
• 6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Program and Life Insurance
• Contributory Pension Scheme with matched employer contributions
• Ongoing personalised learning and professional development
• A supportive, faith-centered, values-driven culture

How to Apply
Please submit an up-to-date CV focused on relevant experience.

Please note that all applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position

Recruitment Timeline

• Deadline for submitting your application: 10th February 2026
• Interviews w/c: 16th February 2026
• Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice periods

This role will take the lead in creating and developing an exciting, safe, fun and vibrant young people’s ministry at St. Andrew’s Church that sees young people come to faith and grow in their knowledge and love of Jesus.

We're looking for a kind, empathetic and resilient Specialist Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Tower Hamlets.

£29,681.60 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Our benefits include:
* Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
* Free DBS
* Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
* Fully paid induction programme and further training
* ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
* Online wellbeing resources
* A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
* Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are seeking a Support Worker with a focus on Community Connection to join our mental health pathway in Tower Hamlets. In this role, you will engage with Look Ahead customers, helping them harness their talents and skills to broaden horizons, build networks, and access vital community resources.

What you'll do:
* Champion co-production as a core principle, ensuring customer voices are central to service design and delivery.
* Work with customers to identify their aspirations and connect them to local resources, networks, and opportunities that help achieve those goals.
* Co-create a programme calendar of culturally relevant, social, and educational activities with customers.
* Maintain accurate and up-to-date information-sharing protocols and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
* Organise and facilitate educational and developmental training opportunities for customers.
* Provide coordination and line management for Peer Support Workers.
* Arrange and invite in-reach sessions at drop-in groups to enhance engagement.
* Build and sustain strong relationships with community partners to expand opportunities for customers.
* Develop partnerships to meet emerging customer needs, such as access to assistive technology for physical health.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:
* Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement.
* Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour.
* Prefers working as part of a group or team.
* Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement.
* Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised.
* Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments.
* Is confident with high levels of self-esteem.
* Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication.
* Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude.

What you'll bring:
Essential:
* IT literate
* Experience of working within communities with a diverse range of stakeholders.
* Ability to research information from a range of sources.

Desirable:
* NVQ Level 2 or equivalent or experience within charity/social care sector.
* Experience and understanding of mental health and social care services.

About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Please see our website for full Job Description

Exciting Opportunity: Carer Locality Workers covering Keighley

Carers' Resource is excited to announce a new opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of carers. We are currently seeking:

2 x Carer Locality Workers

Hours: 37 hours or 22 hours per week (hours to be confirmed at interview)

Location: Keighley

Salary: £24,437 - £26,802 (FTE)

Role Overview:

You will play a pivotal role in supporting unpaid carers through listening, advising, and advocating for them. You'll conduct wellbeing reviews, needs assessments, identify and carry out required actions, and collaborate with local services. Your work aligns with local safeguarding procedures, promoting wellbeing and positive change for carers.

Own transport, clean driving license, and business class insurance is a requirement of the role.

For an informal discussion about this role, please reach out to Julie Peacock at Carers' Resource.

Join Our Team:

This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team that is committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of carers. If you are passionate about supporting others and making a difference, we encourage you to apply. Carers' Resource values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Closing date for applications Sunday 8th February 2026
Proposed interview date: Monday 16th February 2026 (in Skipton)

We are looking for someone who is all about people, purpose and making things happen.

Do you enjoy big goals, meaningful work and great conversations?

Do you love connecting with people and turning shared values into real action?

Do you want to make a real impact for young people, supporting them to thrive?

At 224 Youth Zone, we’re on a mission to change the future for young people in South Bristol. We need someone to lead the way in building a strong network of supporters who believe in that mission. You’ll quickly learn our story, meet the team, and understand the impact Youth Zones have. Then, you’ll get out there meeting individuals, businesses and community leaders across Bristol and beyond showing them how they can be part of something special. Our Founder Patron campaign is already underway, and you will play a key role in driving it forward in the lead up to our grand opening this year. You’ll build important relationships and secure long term support for 224 Youth Zone. When we open, your focus will shift to keeping those relationships strong, helping first time supporters become lifelong partners through thoughtful and creative engagement. You will also lead the way in growing our wider support base, finding new ways for businesses and individuals to get involved and give back.

About Us

Brent Carers Centre is a leading local charity supporting unpaid carers of all ages. Our Young Carers Service works with children and young people aged 5–24 who look after a parent or family member due to disability, long‑term illness, mental ill‑health or addiction.

We’re now recruiting a Trainee Young Carers Service Worker — an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about working with young people and looking to start a career in youth work, family support or social care.

We offer full training, mentoring, and a structured development pathway.

About the Role

As a Trainee Young Carers Service Worker, you’ll support the team to identify, engage and support young carers across Brent. You will help deliver group sessions, holiday activities, school workshops and one‑to‑one support, all with guidance and supervision.

This is a hands‑on, rewarding role where you’ll help young carers build confidence, reduce isolation and achieve their goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Support school outreach, assemblies and awareness workshops
• Help facilitate group sessions and young carers clubs
• Assist with planning and delivering holiday programmes and trips
• Provide supervised 1:1 support to young carers (goal‑setting, wellbeing check‑ins)
• Help create support plans tailored to young people’s needs
• Work with schools, families and professionals to coordinate support
• Keep accurate records on our case management system
• Adhere to safeguarding, GDPR and professional boundaries

About You

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds — including those with lived experience of caring.

You will be:

• Passionate about supporting children & young people
• Kind, patient and a good communicator
• Willing to learn and take part in training
• Organised, reliable and able to follow procedures
• Comfortable working in schools, community venues and group settings
• Able to work occasional early evenings or weekends

Languages commonly spoken in Brent (e.g., Somali, Gujarati, Arabic, Polish, Romanian) are an advantage but not essential.

What We Offer

• Full training programme (safeguarding, youth work skills, communication, risk, GDPR)
• Regular supervision and access to professional development
• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Clear progression route into a Young Carers Support Worker role
• Pension, holiday allowance and flexible working
• Hybrid working for administrative tasks

How to Apply

Please submit:

• Your CV (max 2 pages)
• A short supporting statement explaining what interests you about this role, what you would bring and how you’d meet the person specification

Additional Information

Brent Carers Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and appropriate checks. We welcome applicants from all communities and backgrounds.

Job Title - Community Care Paralegal - Legal Practice Unit (Colchester)

Contract - Permanent

Hours - Part time, 28 hours per week (4 days - Ideally 3 full days and 2 half days) [Potential to increase to 5 days following training and gained experience]

Salary - £23,000 - £24,000 (pro rata and depending on experience)

Location - Colchester, CO3 3DA

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.

One of the members of the Coram group, Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights in education, immigration, community care and family law, and provides significant international legal systems consultancy. The centre is located on the Coram Campus in central London with a second office in Colchester. We champion access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation.Our Legal Practice Unit provides advice and representation primarily under legal aid contract.

Our Colchester office also houses The Child Law Advice Service which provides free legal information and advice on family and education law. The office is close to the town centre which enables close working with nearby agencies, and has easy access to two mainline train stations.

About the role

We are recruiting a paralegal to join CCLC’s friendly and committed Community Care team and work with a small but dedicated team of experienced solicitors.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a keen interest in upholding the rights of vulnerable children and young people 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. We advise children and young people up to the age of 25, and families, on a wide range of community care and public law issues. After training, the role can be split between working from home/office-based with flexibility as to the balance between the two, dependent on team requirements.

Our community care team works closely with colleagues in the Immigration and Family teams, as well as with other organisations within the Coram group, including Coram Voice and the Migrant Children’s Project. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a passion and commitment to upholding the rights of vulnerable children and young people.

As well as conducting casework for individuals, our community care team undertakes strategic litigation for the wider benefit of children, young people and families, and is actively involved in policy issues impacting our client base.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered subject to operational needs.

For further information on CCLC please our website.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application. Please note, we will be interviewing as applications come in so please apply as soon as possible. The closing date could be extended until we find the right candidate.

Closing Date: 2nd February 2026 at midnight

Interview Date: W/c 9th February 2026

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.

Would you like to use your partnership-building skills to make a difference in the lives of learning disabled and autistic young people?

Are you an experienced fundraiser looking for an opportunity to help shape new business opportunities?

This is a new role in the organisation to help us meet the growing need for a safe space for learning disabled and autistic young people to thrive in. You will play an important role in shaping our new business offer and work closely with the Fundraising and Communications Manager to grow our corporate income, partnerships, and major donor income streams. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Contribute to and help deliver our new business strategy in line with our organisational priorities 

• Actively pursue and create new opportunities for Caxton’s fundraising 

• Develop a new business pipeline by researching and building relationships with companies whose values align with our work 

• Design and deliver tailored cultivation journeys to convert prospects into high-value partners 

• Prepare clear proposals, pitch decks and budgets to support partnership development 

• Work closely with the Fundraising and Communications team to create materials and pitches for potential and existing partners 

• Maintain accurate records of all partnership activity on our database to support good stewardship, forecasting and reporting 

General requirements: 

• To amplify the voices of learning disabled and autistic young people

• To ensure that no young person suffers discrimination in access to provision as a result of their gender, ethnic identity, sexuality, disability and/or social background.

• To work within and according to Caxton Youth Organisation’s policies and procedures. 

• To work in a supportive manner with the staff team, volunteers, and trainees.

• To undertake training relevant to the post, as identified through supervision. 

Caxton Youth Organisation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider all reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010) to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post. We encourage applicants from underrepresented groups. 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Experience of moving fundraising relationships through a pipeline from identification to active supporters.

• Significant and demonstrable experience of building five figure partnerships.  

• Good, demonstrable knowledge of commercial sector and how to access decision makers.  

• Working to KPI’s and annual targets 

• Understanding and experience of brand and strategic charitable partnerships and/or Charity of the Year style partnerships 

• Demonstrable experience of supporter relationship management to aid retention, maximise income and secure repeat support 

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• A proactive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn 

Desirable 

• An understanding of challenges faced by learning disabled and autistic young people

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements 

• Strong sense of collaborative work, excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Highly motivated, curious and thoughtful 

• Self-starter, able to use own initiative to show insight and manage competing deadlines. 

• Is dependable and professional. 

Caxton Youth Organisation:  

Caxton Youth Organisation is the only specialist youth club of its kind for learning disabled and autistic young people in Westminster aged 11 to 25. There is nowhere quite like Caxton Youth Club; that’s what the young people we work with and their families tell us, and we passionately believe it too. 

Caxton has been around for 77 years, quite something for a small but mighty charity, and our longevity says so much about the importance of the services we provide to ensure young people with disabilities in Westminster are able to advance in their personal development, develop a sense of belonging in our community, and lead independent and fulfilling lives. 

The majority of our work is delivered at our dedicated youth club in South Westminster. Our youth work team focus on young people’s social and emotional wellbeing, independence, employability, creating community and opportunities, social action and health & getting active. All these topics are explored during weekly youth club sessions which take place in the evenings, and young people are supported to attend thanks to our very own Caxton minibus which collects and drops participants home across the borough. During school holidays we run trips, including residential trips, giving our members the opportunity to experience life outside London, and parents and caregivers some much needed respite.

Essential Safer Recruitment Criteria 

1. A cleared Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. This check is necessary as the work involves dealing with or having access to children and vulnerable adults whilst undertaking normal duties. 

2. The candidate must be able to provide at least two relevant references prior to taking up the post. 

Application Process: 

Please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role through Charity Jobs before the closing date. We will be doing rolling interviews as we receive applications.

We will host first-stage interviews the week of the 26th of January. 

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. You will also be required to work from our London office/clubrooms at a minimum of once a fortnight, preferably once a week, as part of our hybrid arrangements

Do you want to make a positive difference for local families at the very start of their parenting journey? 

Close‑Knit Families is looking for a caring, community‑minded colleague to join us as a Project Support Worker for The Village. The Village is a 12‑month pilot in Redcar & Cleveland, offering free, welcoming spaces for parents and babies during pregnancy and the first postnatal year. It focuses on strengthening parent–baby relationships, supporting wellbeing, and promoting positive child development through pre‑birth workshops and stay‑and‑play sessions. 

We’re seeking someone with experience in early years, family support, or community engagement—ideally a parent or carer themselves—who can bring warmth, empathy, and flexibility to the team. If you’re passionate about helping parents and babies thrive, this could be the opportunity for you. 

Learn more about our work on our website and consider whether our mission, vision, values, and approach align with yours. 

Role Summary 

The Project Support Worker will work closely with and be line managed by the Project Lead to deliver The Village pilot project. You will support the delivery of pre‑birth workshops and weekly stay‑and‑play drop‑ins, engaging and supporting parents and babies. Additional hours can be worked flexibly and will include promotion and outreach, monitoring and evaluation, administration, and supporting fundraising activities. 

This is a hands‑on role, ideal for someone with experience in early years practice, community engagement, or family support, who can work flexibly, including some evenings. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Session delivery: Support weekly daytime drop‑ins and co‑deliver three evening sessions per month, including preparing resources, setting up, and packing down. 

• Family engagement: Welcome families, build rapport, facilitate play and activities, provide support, and signpost to local services. 

• Promotion and outreach: Assist with promotional materials, social media updates, and community outreach to recruit participants. 

• Monitoring and evaluation: Collect attendance data, support surveys and feedback, and contribute to case studies and observational notes. 

• Administration: Maintain participant records, manage session resources, and support basic budgeting and ordering. 

• Safeguarding and wellbeing: Follow safeguarding procedures, complete required checks, and help ensure a safe, inclusive environment. 

• Partnership working: Support liaison with Redcar Baptist Church and local services to coordinate referrals and joint activities. 

• Fundraising: Assist Close‑Knit Families with fundraising activities. 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• A desire to support newborn families and an understanding of why this matters. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse families and work well with colleagues and partners. 

• Ability to communicate information in a warm, empathetic, and non‑judgemental way. 

• Awareness of safeguarding and appropriate actions where concerns arise. 

• Reliable, organised, and able to work independently within a small team. 

• Ability to use basic Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Outlook) and work confidently on a computer or laptop. 

• Alignment with our mission, vision, and values. 

• Willingness to attend training, supervision, and reflective practice. 

• Enhanced DBS (transferable or new DBS required). 

Desirable 

• Experience working with parents, babies, early years, or community settings. 

• Lived experience as a parent or carer, or equivalent responsibility for children aged 0–5. 

• Experience in administrative or similar roles. 

• Level 2/GCSE English qualification. 

• Experience with monitoring and evaluation tools or simple survey platforms. 

• Experience with social media or community promotion. 

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant discipline (education, social care, early help, voluntary sector). 

What We Offer 

• A meaningful part‑time role contributing to an innovative pilot supporting families at a key time. 

• A supportive team environment rooted in connection, care, and making change. 

• Ongoing training and supervision. 

• The opportunity to influence a model that could be replicated across Teesside. 

Equal Opportunities 

Close‑Knit Families is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. 

Participation Worker

We are seeking a passionate and organised participation professional to lead work with care experienced young people and ensure their voices shape policy, practice, and change across Scotland.

Position: Participation Worker, Scotland
Salary: £27,953 to £33,130 per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid, Scotland, with links to the Glasgow office and travel across Scotland
Closing date: 11.59pm Sunday 1st Feb

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in improving the lives and outcomes of children and young people in foster care. Working as part of the Scotland and Policy and Campaigns teams, you will lead participation activity with care experienced young people and ensure their voices are heard, valued, and acted upon.

A key focus of the role is leading and coordinating the Young Person’s Advisory Board in Scotland, supporting young people to campaign for change in children’s social care and to shape the organisation’s work through meaningful participation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coordinating the Young Person’s Advisory Board, including meetings, one to one support, and skills development
• Co producing, planning, and delivering a programme of participation and engagement events
• Supporting young people to campaign and influence policy and decision making
• Acting as the main point of contact for participation activity in Scotland
• Using trauma informed and strengths based approaches to support wellbeing and engagement
• Building strong relationships with partners, stakeholders, and funders across Scotland
• Coordinating communications and producing project updates and reports
• Managing project budgets, monitoring outcomes, and contributing to evaluation and impact reporting
• Contributing to organisational participation strategy and safeguarding practice

This role requires some travel across Scotland and occasional evening and weekend work, including residential activity.

About you

You will bring experience of participation or co production work with young people, ideally care experienced young people or those from marginalised communities. You will be highly organised, creative, and confident working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of participation and engagement work with young people
• Experience supporting young people to campaign or influence change
• Understanding of children’s social care and the issues affecting care experienced young people and foster carers
• Experience of planning and delivering events and projects to agreed timescales and budgets
• Knowledge of trauma informed practice, safeguarding, and children’s rights
• Strong communication skills and confidence working with internal and external partners
• Willingness to travel and work flexibly when required
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-discriminatory practice

Lived experience of care, experience of chairing groups, youth work qualifications, or use of social media in a professional context would be an advantage but are not essential.

About the organisation

The UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation, working to improve the lives of children and young people in foster care and to support fostering families and services.

The organisation is committed to listening to those with lived experience and placing their voices at the heart of its work, campaigning for positive change across children’s social care.

What’s on offer

• 38 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working
• A range of family friendly and fostering friendly leave options
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension and life assurance
• Contribution to eye tests and lenses
• Season ticket loans

The organisation is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly those from under represented and minoritised backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process, and job share applications are welcomed.

Applicants who identify as care experienced and meet the minimum criteria will be guaranteed an interview under the Care Leaver Covenant.

Other roles you may have experience of could include; Participation Officer, Youth Engagement Worker, Youth Participation Coordinator, Engagement Officer, Policy and Participation Officer, Young People’s Worker, Community Engagement Officer, Youth Projects Officer, Participation and Inclusion Officer. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

We seek individuals deeply committed to supporting children and young people (CYP), driven by intrinsic motivation and unwavering standards for themselves and others. If you resonate with this, we invite you to join our team!

AllChild (formerly West London Zone) is a non-profit organisation that proactively works with children and their families to flourish socially, emotionally and academically through our tailored Impact Programme.

Working with schools, we identify and support children and young people before the need for crisis intervention, connecting them to the help they need through our trusted adult, the Link Worker.

Our Associate Link Worker/Link Worker/Senior Link Worker is based in the school with the children and young people they are working with on our programme. They work directly with the children, their families, their teachers and our partners to design and facilitate a two-year Impact Programme of support and champion the children and young people along the way.

Since our launch in 2016, our Impact Programme has helped thousands of children and young people at the tipping point of need. 75% are no longer at risk in their emotional and mental wellbeing; two-thirds improved their grades, and 90% of schools renew after the first programme, noting ‘transformational or significant positive impact’ for the children and the wider school environment.

We are proud to be an employer that puts equity, diversity and inclusion at the core of all that we do, for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the communities that we work with. We are proud of our diversity and are therefore keen to receive applications from people who may be underrepresented in our AllChild community. Please read our EDI statement on our website for more information.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 6 February 2025.

Hours: 1 x full-time 37.5 hour role in Rural North Chichester

Salary: £27,846 per annum

Contract: Fixed term contract to end of March 2027 with potential to extend

Location: Rural North Chichester (GP surgeries: Pulborough Medical Group and Riverbank Medical Centre)  

Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per year rising to 27 days after 2 years

West Sussex Mind Values: 

Excellence, Equitable, Open, Together, Curious, Unstoppable 

Winner of National Mind Anti -Stigma Award 2021 

Overview:

Make a Lasting Difference to Young People

Are you passionate about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people? This is a rewarding opportunity to be part of an innovative partnership between local GP practices and West Sussex Mind, working together to strengthen mental health support where it matters most.

In this role, you’ll be based across GP surgeries, offering early, meaningful support to children and young people aged 8–17. You won’t be working alone - you’ll be supported by a large, experienced, and compassionate team dedicated to helping young people and their families across West Sussex.

What you’ll bring:

We are looking for someone with relevant mental health experience and a genuine commitment to working with children and young people. You may come from a background such as counselling, teaching, social work, nursing, youth work, PWP, family, housing or advice work, and a relevant qualification would be an advantage.

What you’ll do:

• Provide recovery-focused, practical support to help young people build resilience, develop coping strategies, and take control of their mental health.

• Work one-to-one with children and young people referred via GP surgeries, helping them identify their needs and set meaningful goals through collaborative support planning.

• Take a holistic, flexible approach, addressing both emotional wellbeing and wider social challenges, while confidently managing risk where needed.

• Connect young people and their families with local services and community support, including Early Help, YES, and other specialist services.

Applicants must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own transport, as the role involves travel across the local area and attendance at team meetings in locations including Durrington and Littlehampton. Mileage is paid for travel beyond your agreed base and there are opportunities to collaborate across West Sussex.

If you are motivated by making a difference and want to support young people at a pivotal time in their lives, we’d love to hear from you.

Can you help us keep changing lives and breaking the cycle of reoffending for good? As Project Support Worker you will be working closely with our Proejct Manager to engage and support mentors and mentees in HMP Brinsford, Birmingham and the West Midlands. You will have previous Criminal Justice experience, will be a driver with access to a car and will use your experience to develope and encourage a positive and meaningful mentoring relationship for both the mentee and mentor. Your ultimate aim is to understand the key challenges facing each mentee and how these impact on each individuals ability in desisting from crime. 

You will be a proven self starter who is used to working in a challenging environment with hard to engage and disaffected people. You will be able to work independently and have the ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders.

A full job description and person specification is attached to this post.