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Support and Development Worker (Children, Young People and Families)

SHINE - Spina bifida • Hydrocephalus • Information • Networking • Equality

Remote

£29,041 per year FTE (pro rata for part-time)

Part-time (21 hours per week over Wednesday, Thursday plus Friday or Monday - Core Hours 9am-5pm )

Permanent

Disability ∙ Health ∙ Youth and Children

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

Shine supports a community of over 15,000 members living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus, including 5,000 children and young people (0–25).

You will be delivering high-quality support and creating opportunities for children and young people living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers. Supporting Shine members to lead healthy, independent, and fulfilling lives by improving condition management and fostering connections within the Shine community.

This role will focus on children and young people (0–25), you will be primarily working within the Children, Young People and Families team. However, there will be occasions when you will work across age groups to ensure the best outcomes for our members.

The role is home-based but you will be required to attend regular clinics in London including GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital). Other travel across Southern England including Bristol, Devon and Hampshire may be required. There will be occasional travel required across wider areas and nationally including attendance at events, conferences and meetings at our head office in Peterborough.

Benefits:

Competitive salary: Review due April 2027

Regular working hours, and no shift work (some very occasional weekends or evenings)

3% pension contribution

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year

Additional annual leave awarded for ‘long service’

Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Broadband allowance for home-based roles

Life insurance after 12 months’ employment

Access to our Employee Support Programme and Mental Health First Aiders

Support to learn and develop

How to apply 

Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job. 

If you would like to discuss the role please email Gill Valentine, Deputy CEO, to arrange a convenient time for a call. 

To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria.

*Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be accepted* 

We understand that you may wish to use AI tools to help you with some aspects of your application, but we do expect tailored applications which are personalised to your experiences and not generic applications which are completely AI generated. We encourage candidates to be transparent about AI usage in their applications. 

Closing date:  Monday 17th May 2026 at 11pm 

Interviews:  Tuesday 26th May 2026  (Virtual)

Please note: we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date, therefore we encourage applications as soon as possible. 

Please see full details on the Job Description and Person Specification document below and on our website.

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Support & Development Worker (Children, Young People and Families)

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SHINE - Spina bifida • Hydrocephalus • Information • Networking • Equality View profile

Registered Charity

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Providing specialist advice and support for spina bifida and hydrocephalus

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Posted on: 17 April 2026

Closing date: 17 May 2026 at 13:31

Tags: Advice / Information, Social Care / Development, Advocacy, Business Development, Customer Service, Customer support, Delivery, Early Years, Engagement / Outreach, Information Management, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Partnerships, Public Health, Safeguarding, Students / School, Wellbeing, Youth / Children, Events / Activities, Social / Support Work

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Remote Support Worker

ADFAM NATIONAL

Remote

£30,000 pro rata

Part-time (Flexible)

Contract (One year with likely extension )

Social Welfare

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Join a team that's making a real difference.

Adfam is the leading national charity tackling the effects of alcohol, drug use or gambling on family members and friends. We improve life for thousands of people. One way we do this is by empowering families and friends to get the support they need.

We want anyone affected by someone else's drug or alcohol use or gambling problem to have the chance to benefit from healthy relationships, be part of a loving and supportive family and enjoy mental and physical wellbeing.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of a successful national remote service, offering support via the phone or Zoom to affected adults in the UK. We are looking to recruit experienced Family Support professionals to provide these virtual support sessions to individual family members and sometimes groups. We are offering a number of roles at 15-20 hours per week, across 3-5 days, including Wednesday and at least 2 evenings per week (Mon-Wed).

Experience in supporting family members affected by someone else’s substance use is essential, as is experience with assessing and managing risk. Ideally, you would also have experience of working to support parents with their parenting and / or those experiencing domestic abuse. We offer fixed hours part time contracts within a friendly and supportive team. Whilst based at home and requiring the ability to work autonomously, Adfam prides ourselves on our supportive team ethos and working culture.

Salary: £30,000 pro rata
6.5% contributory pension scheme
Contract: One year with likely extension

This is a remote working position based at home.

Please note, although counselling skills and qualifications are welcome and valuable as part of a skillset for this role, these are not counselling roles. This is professional support work and requires additional experience or skills in substance use, social work, complex family work or a related field. The role requires directive and facilitative guidance and input. If you are a counsellor looking for typical counselling work, please do not apply for this role. Thank you.

Closing date: Sunday 19th April

Application packs can be downloaded from our website. Alternatively, please email us to request one.

Adfam actively welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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