We are now looking for a Deputy Superstore Manager to support the Pershore Shop Manager in leading a team of volunteers, achieving set targets and maintaining standards. You’ll work 22.5 hours per week, including some weekend working.
About the Role
Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.
As Deputy Community Superstore Manager, you will:
- Support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors
- Make decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising
- Lead a team of volunteers
- Achieve sales targets by encouraging donations, purchases and gift aid
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops
About You
- Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- IT skills
- Happy to work weekends
- Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
- Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed
We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.
What We Offer
- £25,477.50 per annum (pro rata)
- 22.5 hours per week
- Employee discounts from leading retailers
- Employee gym discount scheme
- Bike-to-Work scheme
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
- Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Part Time
Pershore
Retail
Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are now looking for a Community Shop Manager for our Walsall Shop to lead a team of volunteers, achieve set targets and to maintain standards. You’ll work 37.5 hours per week, including some weekend working.
About the Role
Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.
As Community Shop Manager, you’ll create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors. You’ll make local decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising, leading a team of volunteers to uphold these standards. You'll act as an entrepreneur to maximise every sales opportunity available, reviewing sales reports and making decisions based on the data and trends these reports show.
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops
About You
- Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
- Experience of leading and motivating a team
- IT skills
- Happy to work weekends
- Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
- Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed
We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.
What We Offer
- £25,155 per annum
- 37.5 hours per week
- Employee discounts from leading retailers
- Employee gym discount scheme
- Bike-to-Work scheme
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan
- Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate be asked to provide two satisfactory references.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Full Time
Walsall
Retail
Wednesday 4th of February 2026
We’re growing our Community Nurse Team at Acorns Children's Hospice Trust! We have an exciting opportunity in our Black Country Hospice, Walsall for an experienced Community Nurse to join the team. In this new role, you’ll use your expertise, compassion and clinical skills to provide comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people who have a range of complex health needs and life limiting or life-threatening conditions.
About the Role
Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Children’s Palliative Community Nurses are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care that is tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs.
As a Children’s Palliative Community Nurse, you will:
- Deliver evidence-based end of life and symptom management and after death care to children and young people outside of the hospice
- Use clinical skills including, but not limited to, caring for children who require long term ventilation, tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, suction, syringe drivers and enteral feeds etc. These skills will be gained by completing competency-based training.
- Be responsible for the assessment, development and evaluation of nursing care plans for children and young people with complex health needs including life limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.
- Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
- Travel within a designated geographic area to visit patients in their homes or community settings
- This role requires autonomous lone working, making clinical decisions and managing patient care independently while coordinating with other healthcare providers as necessary
About You
- Registered Children’s nurse, having completed preceptorship
- Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
- Proven experience of delivering care within a community environment
- Experience of working with children with complex health needs
- Ability to travel independently around the Acorns region
What We Offer
- £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
- Part-time & full-time roles are available
- Based around the Black Country Hospice, Walsall (WS5 4NL)
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 6 February
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Full Time or Part Time
Walsall
Clinical Care
Sunday 1st of February 2026
We’re growing our Community Team at Acorns Children's Hospice Trust! We have an exciting opportunity in our Three Counties Hospice, Worcester for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join the team. In this new role, you’ll deliver holistic care to children and young people with a range of complex health needs, life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in the community.
About the Role
Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Community Healthcare Assistants are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs.
As a Children’s Palliative Community Healthcare Assistant, you will:
- Work under the direction of the registered nurse to provide care in a variety of settings outside of the hospice
- Independently provide personalised care of children, young people and families as per the child’s holistic care plan and identify changes in condition, ensuring these are escalated to the registered nurse
- Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
- Help ensure that children and young people are introduced to and encouraged to engage in a wide range of stimulating and creative activities by interaction and play, both indoors and outdoors, encouraging the use of local community facilities where appropriate
- Travel within a designated geographic area to visit patients in their homes or community settings
About You
- Care Certificate or willing to work towards
- Previous community and lone working experience
- Previous experience of working with children with complex health needs
- Ability to provide care sensitively, taking into account culture, beliefs and wishes
- Knowledge of procedures related to safeguarding adults and children
- Ability to travel independently around the Acorns region
What We Offer
- £26,000 to £27,000 per annum
- Part-time & full-time roles are available
- Based around the Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ)
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 18th February
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Full Time or Part Time
Worcester
Clinical Care
Monday 9th of February 2026
We’re growing our Community Nurse Team at Acorns Children's Hospice Trust! We have an exciting opportunity in our Birmingham Hospice for an experienced Community Nurse to join the team. In this new role, you’ll use your expertise, compassion and clinical skills to provide comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people who have a range of complex health needs and life limiting or life-threatening conditions.
About the Role
Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Children’s Palliative Community Nurses are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care that is tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs.
As a Children’s Palliative Community Nurse, you will:
- Deliver evidence-based end of life and symptom management and after death care to children and young people outside of the hospice
- Use clinical skills including, but not limited to, caring for children who require long term ventilation, tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, suction, syringe drivers and enteral feeds etc. These skills will be gained by completing competency-based training.
- Be responsible for the assessment, development and evaluation of nursing care plans for children and young people with complex health needs including life limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.
- Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
- Travel within a designated geographic area to visit patients in their homes or community settings
- This role requires autonomous lone working, making clinical decisions and managing patient care independently while coordinating with other healthcare providers as necessary
About You
- Registered Children’s nurse, having completed preceptorship
- Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
- Proven experience of delivering care within a community environment
- Experience of working with children with complex health needs
- Ability to travel independently around the Acorns region
What We Offer
- £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
- Part-time & full-time roles are available
- Based around the Birmingham Hospice (B29 6HZ)
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 17 February
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Full Time or Part Time
Birmingham
Clinical Care
Sunday 8th of February 2026
We’re growing our Community Nurse Team at Acorns Children's Hospice Trust! We have an exciting opportunity in our Three Counties Hospice, Worcester for an experienced Community Nurse to join the team. In this new role, you’ll use your expertise, compassion and clinical skills to provide comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people who have a range of complex health needs and life limiting or life-threatening conditions.
About the Role
Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Children’s Palliative Community Nurses are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care that is tailored to each child’s individual holistic needs.
As a Children’s Palliative Community Nurse, you will:
- Deliver evidence-based end of life and symptom management and after death care to children and young people outside of the hospice
- Use clinical skills including, but not limited to, caring for children who require long term ventilation, tracheostomy care, oxygen therapy, suction, syringe drivers and enteral feeds etc. These skills will be gained by completing competency-based training.
- Be responsible for the assessment, development and evaluation of nursing care plans for children and young people with complex health needs including life limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.
- Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
- Travel within a designated geographic area to visit patients in their homes or community settings
- This role requires autonomous lone working, making clinical decisions and managing patient care independently while coordinating with other healthcare providers as necessary
About You
- Registered Children’s nurse, having completed preceptorship
- Demonstrable relevant experience in palliative care
- Proven experience of delivering care within a community environment
- Experience of working with children with complex health needs
- Ability to travel independently around the Acorns region
What We Offer
- £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
- Part-time & full-time roles are available
- Based around the Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ)
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
Interviews are scheduled to be held on 18 February
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Full Time or Part Time
Worcester
Clinical Care
Monday 9th of February 2026
Acorns Children's Hospice are seeking a dedicated Cook to support the Lead Cook with all catering requirements for our Hospice in Worcester. At Acorns Children’s Hospice we offer specialist palliative care and support for children and their families across the West Midlands.
In this role, you will:
- Prepare and serve meals throughout the day.
- Assist with safe disposal and storage of food, adhering to food hygiene and COSHH requirements.
- Support with maintaining cleanliness and perform catering-related cleaning of kitchen, storage areas, equipment, crockery, and cutlery.
- Be involved with planning menus, catering for special diets, cultural needs, and hospice events.
- Meet the dietary needs of the children in our care.
About You:
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous experience in catering, including food preparation, cooking, and serving.
- Knowledge of nutrition, food hygiene, and infection control procedures.
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
- A good standard of general education.
- Food Hygiene Level 2 Certificate.
What We Offer:
- £15,724.80 per annum / £12.60 per hour (£24,570 FTE)
- 24 hours per week
- Based in our Three Counties Hospice, Worcester (WR5 3EZ)
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Part Time
Worcester
Facilities
Friday 6th of February 2026
We are now looking for a Deputy Shop Manager to support the Halesowen Shop Manager in leading a team of volunteers, achieving set targets and maintaining standards. You’ll work 15 hours per week on a shift rotation, including some weekend working.
About the Role
Acorns Children's Hospice are a children's charity, offering specialist palliative nursing care and support for local children and their families. Every year, we support over 750 children and nearly 1,000 families, including those who are bereaved. We have a network of charity shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire, which help to provide the funding that we need to provide this care.
As Deputy Community Shop Manager, you will:
- Support the Shop Manager to create an exciting shop floor experience that makes Acorns stand out from our competitors
- Make decisions about the quality of stock, levels of pricing and style of merchandising
- Lead a team of volunteers
- Achieve sales targets by encouraging donations, purchases and gift aid
Click here to see inside one of our Acorns shops
About You
- Retail experience and experience of working towards targets
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- IT skills
- Happy to work weekends
- Enjoy a role that involves significant levels of manual handling
- Ability to travel independently to cover shops in the area if needed
We want our Shop Managers to firmly embed their shop into the fabric of the local community by being proactive in assessing opportunities within the community for the shop to get involved in, so ideally you’ll be based in the local area.
What We Offer
- £24,862.50 per annum (pro rata)
- 15 hours per week
- Based in Halesowen
- Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
- Discounts on refurbished tech
- Eye Test discount
- Health cash plan
- Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
- Time off to volunteer
- Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment
- Wellbeing, legal and financial support
- Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
- NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.
As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.
If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk
Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?
Part Time
Halesowen
Retail