Family Work Coordinator – The Junction Foundation

Context of Role

The Junction Foundation are a vibrant charity, empowering children, young people, and their families in the Tees Valley.

They believe in building trust, self-belief, and a sense of belonging through positive relationships and meaningful participation.

The Junction Foundation are proud of their reputation for championing children and young people’s voices and driving positive change through social action.

Role Description

The Junction Foundation, a vibrant charity amplifying youth voices, seeks an enthusiastic and dedicated Family Work Coordinator to join their team.

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community fund The Junction Foundation have gained the resource needed to support families experiencing poverty in both their short term needs and through person centred support, long term change.

This is a partnership project delivered under the Middlesbrough Youth Mutual which is an alliance harnesses the collective power of diverse organisations to combat child poverty.

By combining safe spaces, skills training, mentorship, mental health support, and employment pathways, they will empower young people and families to overcome adversity, break cycles of deprivation, and build brighter futures

You do not need to have worked in this specific field before, but the right candidate will have experience of either supporting families through person centred support or advice work and an ability to lead both the team and the project to deliver change.

You will also need to understand the wide range of challenges families experiencing poverty face, the focus to create meaningful change with families and work in a way that is commensurate with The Junction Foundation’s values.

Purpose of the Role

To lead the Team to deliver on the specific project outcomes including:

• Delivery of person-centred support focussed on partnership working, bringing together local expertise to fight child poverty. The Foundation will work with 432 families ensuring they have access to holistic services to address both immediate needs and systemic barriers over two years.
• Deliver intensive, tailored support to 132 families through one-to-one goal-based plans over two years.
• Deliver open-access and drop in session for 300 families which will include family activities and peer-led sessions in an informal, stigma-free setting, supporting immediate relief and long-term change. Some of these will be delivered internally and some through their partners – you will need to be able to manage partner relationships and agreements in line with the project aims and ensure external support for content.
• Deliver one to one advice sessions to 126 families per annum.

To take overall responsibility for project leadership, monitoring, evaluation and reporting in line with project outcomes and reporting requirements.

How to Apply

Detailed Job Description	Vacancy – Family Work Coordinator – The Junction
Application Format	Please download a full application pack for more information on this role. Application Pack Application Form Equality & Diversity Completed packs to be emailed to [email protected] or posted to Westfield Farm, The Green, Dormanstown, Redcar, TS10 5NA. They do not accept CV’s full pack to be completed.
Deadline	02/05/2025 12:00