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Remote
£26,500 per year (pro rata)
Part-time (21 hours per week)
Contract (Fixed Term until the end of March 26 with the possibility of 1 + 1 year extension)
Job description

Help build powerful and sustainable communities of peer support groups for kinship carers.

About the role:
Funded by the Department for Education, the National Peer Support Service is a game-changing service that creates a sustainable and life-changing legacy. It builds on Kinship’s 10 years of experience in developing peer support groups and two years of delivering a national service that has set up 145 new groups.

This role is community-based and focuses on engaging kinship carers, bringing them together to form Peer Support Groups, and supporting them to achieve independence at which point they will receive ongoing support from our national Hub.

You will do this by working with local authorities, schools, other charities and community groups. Arranging information events such as coffee mornings to engage kinship carers. You’ll create a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive community for kinship carers, building belonging, resilience, and empowerment.

Who we are looking for: 

We are seeking an person who possesses the drive, passion, and skills to:

  • Develop new Peer Support Groups across a diverse range of communities
  • Demonstrate the energy and enthusiasm required to achieve key targets and objectives
  • Work collaboratively within the Peer Support and Community Team, as well as throughout the broader organisation, to ensure the development of safe and effective support services for the kinship community
  • Maintain current Peer Support Group levels, taking the lead from the national Hub
  • Maintain accurate records that are used to populate reports, identify learning and share key insights across Kinship that allow the organisation to continuously improve our services and products

You should have experience in developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with various community-based stakeholders such as local authorities, health services, schools, charities, and kinship carers. You will need to understand the key success factors involved in establishing and developing new in-person groups in areas of high need, as well as how to support existing groups in their journey towards sustainability.

As a practical thinker, you will work creatively to identify stakeholders and assets in areas of high need. You will build local connections and bring together kinship carers across the region, empowering them to build resilient and robust peer support communities.

You will be confident in building relationships that generate referrals from external stakeholders and in contacting kinship carers directly to secure engagement with local coffee mornings, community, and training events that will help kick-start a thriving peer support group.

As you establish new groups, you will provide support and training to help them lead their groups effectively, and develop their group culture, resilience, and skills to function independently while offering reassurance and support to empower them.

We are ideally looking for candidates based close or within easy reach of our priority development areas which include; Reading, Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Slough and Hampshire but also able to travel to other key locations across the South East and along the M4 corridor.

An essential requirement of the role is to be a driver with access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Key responsibilities: 

Service delivery:

  • In-person (face-to-face) strategic outreach into local communities including setting up and attending local engagement events
  • Set up and develop sustainable in person peer support groups, initially attending and leading sessions in person before transition to self-sufficiency
  • Working with existing groups that are at risk, closed or need support that need replacing or rejuvenating to maintain DfE service level agreement, in addition to new groups. Targets are subject to change and are not fixed
  • Recruit and retain support group leaders to develop their peer support groups
  • Assist with the delivery of training to support group leaders and groups to become self-sufficient
  • Develop strong boundaried and positive relationships with support group leaders – building resilience, empowerment and community
  • Support established groups (including independent) in your area to access support group leader networks and training (this includes visiting groups in person) to build a peer community
  • Follow (and where appropriate support further development off) the service blueprint to develop sustainable peer support groups
  • Collaborate with the Peer Support Hub team to provide a joined-up and positive user experience for kinship carers
  • Manage special interest groups and regional online groups as required, transitioning to ‘Hub’ team for sustainability and work with partners 

Service quality, development and data management:

  • Accurately record all recruitment, contact information and volunteer case management in Salesforce in line with service framework and data protection requirements
  • Ensure accurate data entry in Salesforce to support service performance, evaluation and learning
  • Provide regular reports to ensure targets and SLA are met for the service
  • Support continuous development and improvement of the service (new systems and processes) as required

Team culture:

  • Act in the best interest of Kinship and the families we support
  • Maintain and contribute up to date understanding of kinship care
  • Deliver effective administration with attention to detail and keeping to deadline
  • Identify and contribute to appropriate case studies to demonstrate the impact of Kinship services and contribute to policy and campaigns work
  • Actively contribute to delivering and evidencing a high performing service
  • Take responsibility for your ongoing continued professional development
  •  Work in line with the Kinship values

Some tips for your application:

  • Please provide a 2 page cover letter and a CV.
  • Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your answer reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.
  • Really 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 in the job pack available for download below.
  • Keep your response clear – use bullets points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to really focus on your answer.
  • Don’t go over 2 pages on your covering letter.
  • As part of the interview process, we will send you some of the questions in advance.
Application resources
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Kinship View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 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.

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Posted on: 22 January 2025
Closing date: 09 February 2025 at 23:00
Tags: Social Care / Development, Advocacy, Volunteering Management, Customer support, Programme Management, Safeguarding, Community Fundraising, Social / Support Work

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