Young Carers Support Coordinator (Families Lead)
Winchester, Hampshire (Hybrid)
£26,390 per annum (FTE / Actual Salary: £15,780)
Part-time (22.5 hours per week to include a Wednesday and Thursday)
Our client is a small independent charity who supports young people who take on caring responsibilities for an unwell or disabled family member between the ages of 8 - 25. They provide programmes of support to empower Young Carers to look after their physical and emotional wellbeing and have experiences they would otherwise miss out on.
They believe that Young Carers are children first, and should be free to develop emotionally, and take full advantages of opportunities for educational achievement and life success.
As a Young Carers Support Coordinator (Families Lead), you will work as part of a small dynamic team to deliver their support programmes for Young Carers. This will include supporting their exploration programme and activities programme and young adult carers programme.
You will also coordinate the organisations referral and assessment process form start to finish. This will include database entry, contacting referrers, allocating cases and booking and carrying out assessments. You will also provide on-going support to families via phone, referrals, signposting and attending relevant multi-agency meetings.
They run an Exploration Programme which focuses on wellbeing this currently runs on Wednesday afternoon/evenings during term time.
They run an Activities Programme which focuses on new experiences and respite these are daytimes during school holidays. Usually, two or three per school holiday week.
This is a great opportunity to work for a well-respected charity. Key benefits include opportunities for hybrid and flexible working, 24 days a year annual leave (pro rata), a workplace pension scheme with employer contributions, and a chance to learn and grow with an organisation that is passionate and creative about its mission.
PLEASE NOTE: There may be opportunity for short-term or ad-hoc extra hours, particularly between Feb 2025 Feb 2026 due to a maternity leave cover. Plus, further opportunities in the future as we hope to grow the organisation, funding dependent.
Our client is not able to negotiate on the salary due to funding restraints.
As part of their commitment to safeguarding, please note that this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and reference checks.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday, 18th of November 2025.
Application deadline Thursday, 12th of November 2025.
Interested? When you click apply you will be taken to our client s careers page where you will need to follow the instructions and complete an application form.
They look forward to receiving your application!