As Team Leader, you will assist the Manager in the running of a 16+ semi-independent supported accommodation service, supporting the delivery of high quality transition services for young people that promote their independence and increase their life skills.

We have an enthusiastic team including Support Workers, Waking Night Staff and Management who all have different interests which they bring to the service. If you’re ready for a challenge and think you have the skills to drive St Christopher’s forward we would love to hear from you!

Applicants should have

• At least two year’s relevant experience providing housing and/or support services to vulnerable individuals
• A good understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the provision of housing services for young people
• Knowledge of the welfare benefits system in relation to young people.
• Ability to lead, motivate, supervise and support staff and be a positive role model.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and to work flexibly to meet deadlines or service requirements.
• Ability to use own initiative as well as be an active team member.
• Flexibility to occasionally work evening and weekend shifts and participating in the On-Call system

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St Christopher’s Fellowship are recruiting for a Get Into Work Coordinator to develop and set up a programme of activities to help their children and young people gain skills and develop confidence to help prepare them for adulthood and the workplace.  This is a new position made possible by the Winston Churchill Fellowship and a chance to learn what helps young people to succeed and to share this learning widely to improve outcomes for care leavers across the country.

As the St Christopher’s Get Into Work Coordinator you will lead on creating a programme of opportunities for young people to experience the workplace and develop skills and confidence to help them succeed on their chosen career pathway.

You will work with the rest of the Participation and Life Skills team to identify opportunities for young people to take place in work related activities within and outside of the organisation, create resources to support their learning and development, and systems to ensure that their learning is accredited and celebrated.

You will also be responsible for building positive relationships with the wider St Christopher’s team so that everyone who works with our children and young people are aware of the opportunities that are available and feel confident to encourage and support young people to get involved.

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We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team and a growing fostering service in the Eastern Region where you will be able to contribute to achieving positive results for young people.  

The role is responsible for the successful recruitment of new St. Christopher’s foster carers, proactively building excellent relationships with potential fostering applicants & guiding them through the assessment & approval process.

The role will proactively lead on the recruitment strategy for a given region but the postholder may have to work across other regions as required by workflows. The postholder will deliver an increased number of fostering households through a targeted approach, enabling the recruitment and assessment of foster carers who can meet the needs of St. Christopher’s looked after children.

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This November, children’s charity St Christopher’s launches its annual Christmas appeal, raising vital funds to help young people in care take their first steps towards a brighter future.

St Christopher’s is a charity with more than 150 years of experience children and young people. It provides life-changing homes and services and creates brighter futures for children and young people in care and leaving care, and those in fostering or on the edge of care. It helps these young people build the confidence, independence, and life skills they need to thrive.

This year’s appeal highlights Mia’s story – a powerful example of how everyday experiences can transform a young person’s life. When Mia first arrived at one of St Christopher’s homes, she felt lost and anxious after years of instability. She had fallen out of education, struggled with social anxiety, and spent much of her time alone in her room. But with encouragement and support from St Christopher’s dedicated team, Mia began to rebuild her confidence, one step at a time.

From taking her first train journey and learning to cook, to joining the charity’s Young People’s Panel and exhibiting her artwork, Mia discovered belief in herself again. Today, she’s thriving, connected, and excited about her future.

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We have presently a fantastic opportunity to join our Return Home Interview Service and make a real difference to our Young People’s lives.

As Return Home Interview Manager, you will support the team to provide independent, high quality face-to-face support for vulnerable young people who have been missing from care, whether this takes place for first time and or if this happens regularly in order to minimise risk and reduce the number of incidents of young people going missing from home and care.

You will work closely alongside the Local Authority and wider professional network to understand the reasons that young people may be missing from home or care and identify strategies to minimise the risk.  Your working time for this role is split 50% as a Senior Family Support Worker and 50% undertaking management responsibilities.

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Are you looking for a job working with children and with flexibility that could fit alongside you work and family commitments? 
If so, this job could be for you.  

We are looking to recruit individuals who have the desire to support looked after children and their foster families. 

As a Fostering Support Worker (Bank) you would work closely with the supervising social workers, local authorities and other professionals to support foster placements.  

You would have the ability to manage your availability.

The role will involve:

• Planning and implementing appropriate activities to meet the individual needs of looked after children
• Running support groups, both for looked after children and birth children
• Providing support sessions during the day, evenings or weekends
• Transporting young people to activities and appointments and supervising family contact sessions
• Appropriate training will be provided to assist in this role.
• Applicants should have
• Experience of working with children and young people in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Experience of administrative work including data entry and report writing
• Ability to work with challenging behaviour and resolve conflict
• Ability to maintain personal and professional boundaries
• Good communication and administrative skills and the ability to build and sustain sound professional relationships

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St Christopher’s has an exciting opportunity to join its Eastern region Fostering Teams covering foster carers across the South East of England. We are looking for Form F Assessors to help us assess potential foster carers as to their ability to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children we care for.  

About the Role

• Undertake the assessment of prospective foster carers, using the Coram BAAF Form F, to the agency’s required standard and present to the agency ready for panel (this requires all work to be typed and corrected, e.g. spelling & grammar). Making recommendations on the assessment and approval of foster carer applicants.
• Visit and interview the three referees as identified by the carer in their application
• Keep all written and verbal communication with the agency and any paperwork supplied by the agency confidential.
• Make changes or alterations to the Coram BAAF form as requested by the agency representative, including changes requested by the panel.
• Present the completed Form F to the fostering panel.
• Attend a minimum of 2 practice monitoring sessions with the agency representative.

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St Christopher’s has an exciting opportunity to join its West Midlands Fostering Teams covering foster carers across the West Midlands. We are looking for Form F Assessors to help us assess potential foster carers as to their ability to provide a safe and nurturing environment for children we care for.  

About the Role

• Undertake the assessment of prospective foster carers, using the Coram BAAF Form F, to the agency’s required standard and present to the agency ready for panel (this requires all work to be typed and corrected, e.g. spelling & grammar). Making recommendations on the assessment and approval of foster carer applicants.
• Visit and interview the three referees as identified by the carer in their application
• Keep all written and verbal communication with the agency and any paperwork supplied by the agency confidential.
• Make changes or alterations to the Coram BAAF form as requested by the agency representative, including changes requested by the panel.
• Present the completed Form F to the fostering panel.

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We’re proud to launch our latest Impact Report, and I’d love to take a moment to recognise what a fantastic milestone this is. This report isn’t just a document—it’s a celebration of our staff and carers and the incredible work they do every single day to support children, young people and their families. It reflects the heart and soul of our mission, and I encourage everyone to take the time to read it. I think you’ll feel—as I did—a real sense of pride and purpose in what we’ve achieved together over the past year.

But this isn’t just for us. Our Impact Report will be centre stage at the upcoming Commissioner’s Conference in Derby at the end of June. This event brings together commissioners from across the UK—the very people who fund and shape services for young people. It’s our chance to showcase the remarkable outcomes we deliver, which often outshine national averages and even many local authority-run services. We’re especially excited to be highlighting the brilliant work of our Isle of Man Edge of Care service, a shining example of innovation and impact in practice.

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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a People Advisor ideally from a charity non for profit background to join our People Operations team working closely with service managers to contribute and help create an inspiring place to work through effective HR solutions, best practise and interventions. To provide a high performing service and oversee the employee life cycle of our people throughout their journey at St Christopher’s.     

Key aspects of the job will be:

• Deal with any performance, conduct, grievance issues, redeployment, redundancies or appeals in a legally compliant and professional way.
• Lead responsibility for keeping people related records up to date, complete and accurate.
• Working closely with managers to ensure effective performance conversations are documented at probation, promotion, flexible working and the appraisal process.
• Preparing input data for outsourced payroll regarding salary variations, changes, sickness and rota schedules by agreed monthly deadline.
• To co-ordinate annual salary review process, evaluate jobs and benchmark salaries, wherever appropriate.
• Co-ordination and monitoring of bi-annual employee survey.
• Working with the Communication Manager supporting effective staff engagement.

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