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Remote
£26,500 per year (FTE)
Part-time (21 hours per week over 3 days)
Contract (1 year starting September 2026)
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Job description
About Kinship
We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.
Purpose of the role:
As a Kinship Family Worker for Kinship Reach, you will deliver this online programme to families in your commissioned area. You will provide virtual one-to-one support to kinship carers and their families to help them become resilient and informed, with a strong support network to help them care for the children in their care.
Key responsibilities:
One-to-one support
Provide up to 6 one-to-one support sessions bespoke to the kinship carers and their families over a three-month intervention, working within the Kinship Reach delivery model. This may include, but is not limited to:
- Signposting or referring to relevant national and local services.
- Providing practical and emotional support to kinship carers.
- Liaising with other professionals and organisations.
- Making referrals to other Kinship services such as Advice, Someone Like Me, Peer-to-Peer.
- Providing support for carers to secure grants from local and national funders.
- Set goals for change following Kinship Reach processes, in partnership with the kinship carer.
- Monitor, review and revise these goals to ensure carers are on track and goals remain relevant.
Peer group facilitation and management
Kinship delivers virtual peer support groups which carers from Kinship’s programmes can access, coordinated by Senior Kinship Family Worker(s). This role could include:
- Developing existing groups and setting up new groups as required.
- Working closely with Kinship’s peer-to-peer service where appropriate.
- Collaborating with kinship carers, the local authority, and community partners to set up virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Planning, preparing, facilitating virtual and in-person peer support groups.
- Promoting groups in the area you are delivering in to kinship carers and organisations who work with them, including contributing to the creation of promotional materials.
Participation
- Recruit kinship carers as volunteers to lead and support the development of virtual peer support groups.
- Work proactively to enable kinship carers to influence the design and delivery of the peer support groups delivered in their area (such as topics, time / date).
- Support Kinship’s communications and engagement strategy, such as helping to provide case studies and sourcing images for newsletters and local media to promote the programme and recruit participants.
Safeguarding and risk management
Kinship has a robust safeguarding structure. You will be supported by a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Designated Deputy Safeguarding Leads (DDSL).
- Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of abuse or neglect, following national legislation and procedures and Kinship’s own safeguarding procedures.
- Liaise with your line manager and safeguarding lead regarding safeguarding concerns, following Kinship’s policies and processes.
- Provide reports and information for managers about cases of concern.
- Ensure you are aware of and follow safeguarding policies and procedures risk of harm protocol.
- Complete risk assessments for events or groups with families in line with Kinship’s policies and processes to be signed off by a DSL or DDSL.
- Follow Kinship’s health and safety policies to keep yourself and your clients safe, such as Lone Working Policy, Home Visit Policy, risk assessment, events.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Record attendance at virtual support groups and ensure this is reported on the Salesforce database.
- Ensure casework, feedback, and other data related to service delivery are regularly and accurately recorded on our Salesforce database in line with Kinship’s policy and best practice.
- Ensure completion of carer registration forms, review forms, and closure forms, taking details that will be used to evidence impact.
- Collect case studies from your kinship carers to help demonstrate impact.
- Contribute to any reports for local authority partners as required in terms of data and case studies as required.
- Attend monitoring meetings as required.
- Engage in quality assurance processes in line with Kinship processes and policies.
Relationship and stakeholder management
- In partnership with the senior Kinship Family Worker, enable local authorities to understand the programme and pathways for how to make referrals.
- Support practitioners' meetings with local authorities to encourage referrals, discuss cases, and ensure local authority confidence in the programme.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities to raise awareness of kinship care and to reach and support kinship carers through the programme.
- Where possible and relevant, represent Kinship at external events and meetings to raise awareness of the programme and to influence other organisations.
- Where applicable, work with local authorities and voluntary and community groups supporting kinship families.
Application Instructions
• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your application reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
• Tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above.
• Keep your response clear – use bullets points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to focus on your knowledge, skills and experience.
• Don’t go over 2 pages on your covering letter.
• Please do not use AI tools like ChatGPT to produce your answers. We use software to check, and your application will be rejected if you do.
Organisation
Kinship
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Registered Charity
21 - 50
Registered Charity
21 - 50
We support kinship carers in their homes and communities, giving advice and helping them work through problems to find the best way forward.
Posted on: 26 June 2026
Closing date: 17 July 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Administration, Communications, Social Care / Development, Advocacy, Volunteering Management, Counselling, Child Protection, Conflict Resolution / Peace, Helpline, Safeguarding, Youth / Children, Social / Support Work
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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West Sussex (Hybrid)
£24,000 PA
Full-time
Contract (Until end of March 2028 - with extension subject to further funding)
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Job description
Support Worker -NDP Navigation Service
Salary £24,000 FTE, 35 hours per week, 6.6 weeks holiday
Remote working with some travel to events across West Sussex
(We are open to discuss some flexibilty in hours if a suitable candidate isnt able to work the full 35 hours pw)
Are you passionate about supporting parent-carers of children and young people with ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions?
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our rapidly growing caring charity with the benefits of flexible family friendly working (from home), generous holiday, pension scheme, travel expenses, laptop and phone provided.
Reaching Families was established in 2008 to empower, inform and support parent-carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex. We achieve this through the delivery of our services providing information, training and peer support.
Our ND Navigation Service provides information, training and support to parent-carers of children and young people waiting on, undergoing or completed an assessment for ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions.
We are looking to recruit a skilled and motivated support worker to join our NDP Navigation Service
Working within the Outreach & Training team to provide information, advice, signposting, training and support to parents and carers of children and young people on the West Sussex Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) who have been referred into the service.
Person Specification (essential):
Knowledge
• Extensive knowledge and/or experience of the challenges faced by parent-carers and children and young people on the neurodevelopmental pathway
• Extensive knowledge and/or experience of ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions
• Working knowledge of the local SEND community in West Sussex
Experience
•Experience of either advice giving preferably gained in the voluntary or statutory sector or experience of casework support preferably gained working with families of neurodivergent children
• Experience of working with parent-carers and families of neurodivergent children
• Experience of undertaking outreach to disadvantaged communities
• Experience of using MS Office including SharePoint, Excel and Microsoft Teams
Please see attached job description for further details and full criteria
We welcome applications from all members of the community and value diversity in the organisation. Please contact us if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the application or interview process due to any disability or health requirements.
Activiely interviewing as suitable applications are received
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
Organisation
Reaching Families
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Registered Charity
11 - 20
Registered Charity
11 - 20
To empower, inform and support parent-carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex
Posted on: 30 June 2026
Closing date: 29 July 2026 at 17:00
Tags: Advice / Information, Autism
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London (On-site)
London, Greater London
£32,000 Full-Time Equivalent
Part-time (Part-time, 10 hours per week (term time only))
Permanent
Job description
Parent Tutor and Group Facilitator
We are seeking a skilled, committed and creative Parent Tutor and Group Facilitator to deliver meaningful learning that helps parents build confidence, develop skills and achieve positive outcomes.
Position: Parent Tutor and Group Facilitator
Salary: £32,000 Full-Time Equivalent
Location: Islington
Hours: Part-time, 10 hours per week (term time only)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 6 July 2026 at 9.00am
Interview Date: 13 and 14 July 2026
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to deliver meaningful learning that helps parents build confidence, develop skills, achieve accreditation where appropriate, and make positive changes for themselves and their families.
Working as part of an experienced and supportive team, you will help develop and deliver creative, responsive learning in a community setting and support parents to collaborate, grow in confidence and take a more active role in shaping their own learning and development.
Key responsibilities include:
- Deliver engaging learning sessions for parents and carers.
- Develop and deliver creative, responsive learning opportunities.
- Create safe, inclusive and supportive learning environments.
- Support parents to build confidence, skills, connections and progression routes.
- Encourage parents to develop their voice and participate in group activities and projects.
- Build positive peer relationships and support communication and outreach activities.
- Work in a trauma-informed, strengths-based and person-centred way.
- Contribute ideas and experience to the ongoing development of group work and learning programmes.
About You
We are looking for an empathetic and motivated individual who can work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues and parents.
You will be an experienced facilitator or tutor with the ability to motivate and inspire adult learners in group settings. You will understand how to create supportive environments where people feel heard, respected and able to participate.
You will also have experience of working with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those who may be experiencing social isolation, poverty, low confidence, poor mental wellbeing, SEND-related challenges, domestic abuse, or other barriers to learning.
About the Organisation
Our client is an award-winning charity that is highly regarded within its local community. The organisation provides relationship-based support to families, working alongside parents from all backgrounds and with children of different ages.
Its ethos is centred on listening carefully, understanding individual challenges and supporting people to recognise their strengths, find their own solutions and build confidence for the long term.
The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to DBS clearance. Applications from all suitably qualified candidates are encouraged.
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Adult Learning Tutor, Family Support Practitioner, Parenting Facilitator, Community Learning Tutor, Family Learning Coordinator, Parent Engagement Worker, Community Development Worker, Learning and Development Facilitator, Family Support Worker, Education Facilitator.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation. #INDNFP
Organisation
Posted on: 11 June 2026
Closing date: 06 July 2026 at 09:00
Job ref: 8519 - CJ
Tags: Social Care / Development, Training / Learning, Education, Youth / Children, Social / Support Work
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W12, London (On-site)
£29,000 per year
Full-time
Permanent
Job description
Across the UK, millions of children and young people are facing complex social and emotional challenges. AllChild works within local communities and wider support systems to identify and support children and young people most at risk of poor social, emotional and academic outcomes. Through our two-year Impact Programme, we help build a joined-up network of support around each child and family, working in partnership with schools, local services and community organisations.
Our dedicated, school-based Link Workers coordinate bespoke, strengths-based support through our trusted partners, from counselling, tutoring and engagement opportunities in sport or art to access to wider community and early-help support where needed. By mobilising trusted relationships and coordinating support across the local system, we help young people flourish, building confidence, skills and a positive future. Founded in West London, AllChild is working in communities nationally to create lasting, place-based change.
We’re seeking people in the West London area with a genuine passion for supporting children and young people, strong intrinsic motivation and high personal standards within a Secondary School. If that sounds like you, we’d be delighted for you to join our team.
For further information, please view the Job Pack.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9 July 2026.
We recognise that candidates may use AI tools to support research and check grammar. However, we ask that all supporting statements and application responses reflect your own thoughts and experiences. Over-reliance on AI may limit our ability to assess your individual skills, critical thinking, and personal approach, which are important parts of our selection process.
Organisation
Posted on: 17 June 2026
Closing date: 09 July 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Advice / Information, Social Care / Development, Training / Learning, Project Management, Advocacy, Counselling, Child Protection, Programme Management, Students / School, Youth / Children, Social / Support Work
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