About Us
West Sussex Parent Carer Forum (WSPCF) is an independent organisation for the parent carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). We support parent carers by providing information, signposting, and training that equips them in their lifelong caring role and empowers them to participate in shaping services for their children and young people. WSPCF is hosted by local Sussex based charity Amaze.
About the Job
This is a great opportunity for a proactive and passionate person who lives in mid/north of the county to empower and amplify the voices of parent carers across West Sussex. You will help deliver events and activities, encourage parent carers to get involved, especially those whose voices are less often heard, and provide friendly, accessible information and signposting to families. You will be a people‑person with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and able to plan and prioritise your own work.
This is a part time, flexible, hybrid role where lived experience really matters.
Responsibilities
- Deliver and support events and activities for parent carers.
- Encourage engagement of parent carers, especially those with less heard voices.
- Provide friendly, accessible information and signposting to families.
- Own and prioritise workload with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Qualifications
We want to employ staff who have lived experience of disability themselves and/or as a parent/carer of a child, young person or adult with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), and have an excellent understanding of the issues faced by SEND families.
We particularly welcome applicants from Black Asian and minoritised ethnic communities.
Benefits
- Hybrid working out of WSPCF’s Pulborough office, with some homeworking
- + 5% pension, pro-rata 26 days a year, + extra 3 days at Christmas + Public Holidays
- Flexible, family and carer-friendly working
- Support for staff health and wellbeing including an employee assistance programme
- Commitment to learning and development
- Access to charity worker discounts scheme
- See full benefits policy
Equality & Diversity Statement
We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve.
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