Hours: 18 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Location: Surbiton/London (with some Hybrid working)
About the Role
Join our Young Carers Project supporting young people through one-to-one and group work to improve wellbeing and resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide targeted support
- Build relationships
- Support wellbeing
- Monitoring and outcomes
- Maintain records
- Follow safeguarding
Further information about the role can be found in the Recruitment Pack.
To apply, please complete the attached Application Form.
Closing date: Monday 15th June 2026.
Interview date: W/C 22nd June 2026.
Make a difference to Young Carers in Kingston.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Our mission is to provide tailored information, advice and support to unpaid carers, advocating for better local services that meet their needs.
Thank you!
About the role
We are excited to recruit a Community Organiser for our East London Parent Power project. This role offers a meaningful, paid professional development opportunity. The Brilliant Club will work in partnership with Northeastern University London to engage with parents in East London. East London Parent Power is an established project which utilises the community organising-based model first created by King’s College London and Citizens UK with South London Parent Power.
Parent Power supports parents and carers to develop skills in community organising and to gain knowledge on accessing higher education, empowering them to make change in their local community that supports young people and ensures they have a fair chance in education and their future careers.
Working with us, the Community Organiser will:
- Support local pupils from underrepresented backgrounds by empowering their parent/carers to become higher education experts;
- Receive community organising training from Citizens UK and develop transferable skills;
- Build campaigns to combat local educational barriers with parent/carer communities;
- Join a nationwide team of community organisers making a significant impact on university access.
About you
The role will best suit someone who:
Essential
- Has knowledge of challenges faced in East London’s communities.
- Has a demonstrable passion for furthering The Brilliant Club’s mission.
- Can adhere to information security policies included in the charity’s ISO 27001 manual (information security training provided).
Desirable
- Has prior experience of community focused work.
- Understands the current climate in the UK school system and some of the challenges young people and parent/carers might be facing.
- Understands the barriers young people face to university access and some of the ways these might be overcome.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We support less advantaged students to access the most competitive universities and succeed when they get there.
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