Action for Family Carers

Young Carer Coordinator & Club Lead Full-time 35 hours per week (5 days) Salary £27,328 Office base - Harlow or Maldon Office Could you support young carers in building confidence, resilience, and brighter futures? We have an exciting opportunity for a Young Carer Coordinator & Club Lead to join our team, supporting young people across West Essex who are caring for a family member. This is a rewarding and varied role that involves both one-to-one and group work with young carers, helping them improve their emotional wellbeing and navigate the challenges they face. As part of the role, you will also take the lead in running a regular Young Carer Club, creating a safe and welcoming space where young carers can take part in activities, build friendships and have time away from their caring responsibilities. You will have experience working with children or young people in settings such as youth work, education, health, or social care. You'll be passionate about making a difference and creating safe, supportive spaces for young carers to be heard, grow, and thrive. Action for Family Carers is a thriving charity which for over 30 years has been providing support for Adult Carers and Young Carers - people with unpaid, caring responsibilities for others. We are a Carers Trust Network Partner and Trusted Charity. We provide support, information, counselling, Young Carer clubs and respite care across Essex, working within schools, with GP practices and in a variety of community settings. Responsibilities will include: Building trusted relationships with young carers and their families Delivering tailored one-to-one and group support in schools to meet individual needs Developing engaging activities and resources Leading a regular Young Carer Club, including planning and delivering activities and coordinating Club Assistants and volunteers Working closely with schools and community partners to raise awareness Helping young carers shape the services that support them Keeping clear and accurate records of support provided Supporting wider organisational goals, including fundraising You will need to be: Experienced in working with children and young people, including providing individual or group support. Confident planning and delivering engaging activities for children and young people. An excellent communicator with the ability to build positive relationships with young people, families and professionals. Organised and confident managing a caseload and competing priorities. Knowledgeable and confident in safeguarding children and young people. IT literate and comfortable using Microsoft Office and databases. Able to lead a Young Carer Club, including coordinating staff and volunteers and ensuring sessions are safe and well organised. Flexible and able to work the regular Young Carer Club evening. A driver with access to a vehicle. We offer: Full induction and relevant training Contributory pension scheme 24-hour Confidential Staff Helpline An opportunity to help vulnerable families in the local community A chance to be part of a supportive and friendly team Closing date for completed applications: Monday 7th September 2026 For an informal conversation about the role please contact Jo Hotten (Young Carers Service Manager) Action for Family Carers is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all sections of the community. Registered Charity No:

Could you help transform the way our charity engages with unpaid carers? As the leading Essex charity supporting carers it is vital that what we do is rooted in their voice and lived experience. We have an exciting opportunity for a Carer Engagement Lead to join our team, in a new role working directly with the CEO to ensure that carers lived experience is heard and understood and that carers, including young carers across Essex, have opportunities to participate and contribute. This is a rewarding and varied role, combining direct engagement with carers alongside analysing data and communicating evidence of need to help effect real and positive change. You will be an engaging communicator with active listening skills and the ability to interpret and apply lived experience to strategic and policy decisions and planning. You will ideally have personal experience of unpaid caring responsibilities and may have previously facilitated service user involvement. You'll be passionate about harnessing the voice of local carers to secure improved outcomes for carers of all ages across Essex. Action for Family Carers is a thriving charity which for over 35 years has been providing support for Adult Carers and Young Carers - people with unpaid caring responsibilities for others. We are a Carers Trust Network Partner and hold the Excellence for Carers quality mark. We provide support including information, coaching, counselling, peer support, respite care, and Young Carer clubs across Essex, working within schools, GP practices and a variety of community settings. Your responsibilities will include: Coordinating participation opportunities that enable adult and young carers to influence local, regional and national policy decisions and help achieve positive change Harnessing and amplifying local carer voice and experience and engaging carers in service planning, delivery and review Identifying themes and trends and ensuring these are communicated to key stakeholders Monitoring and reporting on outcomes. You will need to be: An excellent communicator with empathy and active listening skills. Proactive, highly organised and equally at home analysing data or producing reports as in engaging with carers and senior local decision makers Confident in the use of IT including Microsoft 365 and CRMs (databases). Passionate about improving outcomes for local carers. A driver with access to a vehicle and a willingness to travel across Essex. We offer: Full induction and relevant training Contributory pension scheme 24-hour Confidential Staff Helpline An opportunity to help vulnerable families in the local community A chance to be part of a supportive and friendly team