Job Reference:
1587
Location:
Greater London
Hours of Work:
29.6 hours per week (part-time)
Salary:
£32,425 - £35,211 FTE per annum inclusive of Inner London Weighting (pro-rata for part-time)
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
17 Oct 2025
Children’s Coordinator
Service: Change4Life
Location: Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster
Hours: 29.6 hours per week (part-time)
Salary: £32,425 - £35,211 FTE per annum inclusive of Inner London Weighting (£25,940 - £28,168.80 for part-time, 29.6 hours per week inclusive of the ILW per annum)
Contract type: Permanent
This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative service that supports two authorities in tackling childhood obesity and health inequalities, through a holistic health promotion and community-based approach. This role is a perfect fit for someone with experience in behaviour change, nutrition and physical activity.
At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.
We were delighted to be awarded delivery of a Change4Life service across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster in 2020. Change4Life takes a holistic and community-based approach, improving and promoting the physical and emotional health & wellbeing of children and their families with a lasting impact.
You will join a dynamic service that takes a preventative and whole systems approach to tackling childhood obesity and health inequalities at a time when supporting disadvantaged members of our society is more essential than ever.
Summary of job:
The post holder will share and embrace Public Heath Agenda and Outcomes as the model will focus on national and local public health priorities including oral health, healthy eating, emotional wellbeing and physical activity.
The Change4Life Service will:
• Deliver an innovative service with a holistic approach to promoting health and wellbeing.
• Align with other services that promote similar messages
• Promote a whole systems approach to reduce health inequalities
• Be responsive and flexible to changing local needs
To achieve the above in your role as Children’s Coordinator you will be required to:
? Be committed to providing an integrated one-team approach to children, young people & their families with an aim to delivering effective services and interventions as part of the C4L offer.
? Provide support for 5-11 age range and their families by delivering Change4Life Kids Clubs
? Adopt a co-production approach to the establishment of the clubs.
? Use solution focused approach and strength based approaches when working with families on a 1:1 basis to address individual needs and goals.
? To evidence outcomes families achieve through use of evidence-based tools. Monitoring and reporting outcomes in line with contractual requirements.
? Developing and sustaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders especially school staff and other delivery partners.
Your skills
To achieve the above in your role as Children’s Coordinator you will be required to:
? Be committed to providing an integrated one-team approach to children, young people & their families with an aim to delivering effective services and interventions as part of the C4L offer.
? Ensure that the service is integrated, comprehensive and makes a difference to children and families served with clear focus on improving health outcomes.
? Use solution focused and strength-based approaches when working with families on a 1:1 basis to address individual needs and goals.
? To evidence outcomes families achieve through use of evidence-based tools. Monitoring and reporting outcomes in line with contractual requirements.
? Developing and sustaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders and delivery partners.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community / particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse any reasonable travel costs associated with attending an interview.
This is an opportunity for the right person to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people and their families. The successful candidate will be a motivated, passionate and experienced worker with an impressive track record of delivering high quality group sessions ideally in school settings and 1 to 1 sessions in people’s homes and other community venues, to meet the needs of local communities. They will strive for excellent standards, robustly ensuring a quality, outcome driven and accessible service.
A driver’s license and access to your own car is desirable for this post.
What will we offer you?
We offer flexible working hours, a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. We have six staff diversity networks that offer peer support and contribute to the strategic development of EDI; AccessAbility Network, Anti-Racism and People of Colour Network, Gender Equality Network, Inter-Faith Network, LGBTQIA+ Equality Network and Parents and Carers Equality Network. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills, then we look forward to hearing from you.
To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Friday 17th October 2025 at 11.59pm
Interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 27th October 2025, with slots throughout the working day.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: george.bradley@family-action.org.uk
Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.