Help shape the future of support for young carers.
Young carers across our communities provide vital care and support to family members every day — often whilst balancing school, friendships and time for themselves with these responsibilities at home. We believe they deserve to be recognised early, supported well, and given every opportunity to thrive.
We’re looking for an experienced, connected and passionate Young Carer Services Manager to lead and grow our young carers service.
This is more than a service delivery role. We are looking for someone who can build strong local relationships, raise awareness of young carers, and work collaboratively with partners across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to improve support for young people and their families.
You will help strengthen our profile, develop partnerships and support opportunities to sustain and grow services.
Knowledge of the Norfolk and/or Cambridgeshire children and young people landscape is important, and existing relationships across education, health, voluntary sector or local authority networks would be a significant advantage.
What you’ll be doing
* Leading the delivery and development of high-quality support services for young carers
* Managing and supporting staff and volunteers to deliver safe, effective and child-centred services
* Building strong partnerships with schools, local authorities, health services, community organisations and other stakeholders
* Representing the charity at strategic meetings, forums and partnership groups
* Supporting the development of relationships with commissioners, funders and key stakeholders
* Raising awareness of young carers across Norfolk and increasing identification and referrals
* Helping shape new projects and opportunities in response to local need
* Ensuring the voices of young carers influence service development and delivery
* Leading on safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and young people
We’re looking for someone who:
* Has experience managing or leading services for children and/or young people
* Has strong knowledge of safeguarding and child-centred practice
* Can demonstrate experience of partnership working across sectors
* Is confident building relationships with senior stakeholders, commissioners and funders
* Has experience developing networks and representing services externally
* Has a good understanding of the challenges and opportunities affecting children, young people and carers services across Norfolk and/or Cambridgeshire.
* Is proactive, organised and able to balance strategic development with operational delivery
* Is passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families
* Experience of managing budgets/funding streams would be advantageous.
Experience working with young carers is desirable, but we also welcome applicants with transferable experience from youth services, family support, education, health, social care or the voluntary sector.
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