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Full time, permanent position; 35 hours per week
Starting salary £31,009 per annum
Based in Cambridgeshire
The Breaking Barriers Project is a service which works with Children, Young People (CYP) and Families who have been affected by the imprisonment of a parent or close family member. Our service offers one-to-one support to Children and Young People to maintain a connection with the imprisoned person, support their emotional wellbeing and build resilience to enable them to reach their full potential. The work we do plays a critical role in helping to reduce reoffending rates and improve educational outcomes for children and young people.
We are looking for an experienced practitioner confident in working with children, young people and families to join our dynamic, ambitious team. You will need to organised and self-motivated; you will have a passion for improving the outcomes for children and young people and advocate for their rights.
As Team Leader, you will hold a caseload as well as line manage a team. You will need to have experience of line-managing and offering casework supervision to staff. You will work collaboratively and maintain a child centred approach You will have experience in working in partnership with families and other agencies setting best practice to support children and young people.
You will work one to one in the family home, schools, on-line and other community settings coordinating packages of support. You will need to be flexible and creative in your approach to service delivery to meet the needs of children’s individuality whilst maintaining the integrity of the service and its purpose.
You will be required to provided presentation talks, training and build networks with other organisations within the county, promoting the service and raising awareness of the impact of familial imprisonment on children and young people.
You will need to live within travel distance of Cambridgeshire to enable you to carry out the direct work with Children, Young People and Families.
To apply please click on the apply online button.
Closing date for applications: 12pm, Friday 12th December 2025
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Closing Date: 12/12/2025
Cambridgeshire
£31,009 per annum
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Based – Hybrid – at least two days per week on site at 333 Felixstowe Road and more if role requires it (one day must be a Friday)
Full-time Permanent Post working 37.5 hours
Salary: circa £45,000 per annum (subject to skills & experience)
Ormiston Families, trading as Play Out Nursery, is one of the leading charities working with children, young people, and families in the East of England. We take early and preventative action to support families to be safe, healthy, and resilient.
We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Head of Early Years to lead and grow our childcare provision, currently serving children from birth to pre-school age. This is a unique opportunity to combine operational excellence with strategic business development, ensuring our nursery not only delivers outstanding care and education but also thrives as a sustainable and innovative enterprise.
As Head of Early Years your role is to provide overall leadership and management of Ormiston Families’ Play Out childcare setting in delivering high-quality care and the passion for creating a safe and nurturing environment that promotes learning, development, and growth. You will ensure that the setting meets compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements including Ofsted standards and Statutory Early Years Framework. You will also be responsible for the development and sustainability of the nursery through innovative service expansion, income generation and community engagement initiatives.
We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
- Early Years/ Childcare Qualification NVQ /NNEB/CACHE/ City & Guilds/ BTEC Min Level 6 or equivalent
- Proven experience in managing an Early Years Setting.
- Demonstrated leadership and team management.
- Has a strong knowledge of EYFS and current Ofsted statutory guidance.
- Experience in developing new services or settings would be desirable.
- Knowledge of funding streams and income generation in the early years sector would also be desirable.
To apply please click on the apply online button
Closing date for applications: 12noon, Monday 15th December 2025
Play Out reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we have received sufficient applications ahead of the closing date.
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Closing Date: 15/12/2025
Suffolk
£45,000 per annum (subject to skills & experience)
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Salary £25,880 per annum based on 35 hours per week
Location: Norwich city centre office base
Mpower Norfolk supports mothers (and where appropriate their partners) whose children have been removed into care. As a Practitioner, you will support people by building safe and trusting relationships, taking time to understand their story, their needs, and their preferences, and helping them to set and work towards goals.
You will be joining a highly supportive and caring team with lots of opportunities to connect with colleagues and reflect on your practice. In your case work, you will work with independence and self-direction, drawing on the perspectives and knowledge of colleagues. You will need to use sensitive but persistent outreach to remove the barriers to engagement for those you support.
The support you offer will last for up to 24 months and in some exceptional cases longer. Ultimately, your support will help people to make the meaningful changes they want to, rebuild their lives, and reduce the number of children being removed into care.
You will be joining a service that has been running successfully for over ten years. Recently, Mpower successfully attained the Working With Trauma: Trauma Aware quality mark, so you will play a part in the implementation of our plans to become a trauma-informed service.
It is important that you have relevant experience of working with people who have experienced complex trauma in a person-centred way. You will need to be confident lone working and making decisions around support. You will also need the skills to manage your own caseload, including completing all case recording paperwork. The role will be predominantly based in Norwich, but it is also essential that you have your own vehicle and can travel within Norwich and South Norfolk.
The role will predominantly cover Norwich city centre but may at times include covering towns/villages in South Norfolk, including, but are not limited to, Thetford, Loddon, Wymondham, Attleborough, Diss, and Watton.
To apply for this post, please click on the apply online button.
If you wish to discuss the post, please contact Christian Iszchak on christian.iszchak@ormistonfamilies.org.uk or 07719 973 027.
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 18th December 2025
Interviews: Tuesday 13th January 2026
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Closing Date: 18/12/2025
Norfolk
£25,880 per annum based on 35 hours per week
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Salary: £28,294 FTE (Pro-rata for PT)
Base: Home-based, requiring travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Part-time would be considered – Minimum of 21 hours per week.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified CWP to work as part of a team, and to make a valuable and lasting difference to the lives of children and young people aged 5-13.
You will be working for Ormiston Families as part of the YOUnited partnership (Ormiston Families, Centre 33 and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust). YOUnited provides a single point of access for all referrals for Children and Young People (CYP) in need of support with their mental health across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Ormiston Families work with CYP aged 5-13 with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs.
We are committed to a ‘Single Sessions Thinking’ (SST) approach as this has proved to be very successful (training will be provided). You will therefore provide a blend of first appointments using SST, alongside short-term Guided Self-Help interventions. This will include face-to-face and online contacts, group and individual work.
You would be joining a supportive team where clinical supervision is provided.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified CWP or EMHP (or waiting confirmation of qualification)
- Registered with BACP or BABCP
- Have experience of delivering low-intensity CBT-informed interventions, preferably to children and young people aged 5-13 and their carers.
- Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the mental health presentations in children and young people in the age group
- Have a sound knowledge of Guided Self-Help interventions.
The main office is in March, Cambridgeshire. Successful candidates, though, will work from home. An ability to travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is essential.
To apply for this post, please click on the apply online button.
To have an informal discussion, please contact ted.welsh@ormistonfamilies.org.uk
Closing date for all applications: 9.00am on Monday, December 22 nd 2025.
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
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Closing Date: 22/12/2025
Cambridgeshire
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Salary: Circa £30,000 FTE (Pro-rata for PT)
Base: Home-based, requiring daily travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Part-time would be considered – Minimum of 21 hours per week.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified counsellor to work as part of a team, and to make a valuable and lasting difference to the lives of children and young people aged 5-13.
You will be working for Ormiston Families as part of the YOUnited partnership (Ormiston Families, Centre 33 and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust). YOUnited provides a single point of access for all referrals for Children and Young People (CYP) in need of support with their mental health across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Ormiston Families work with CYP aged 5-13 with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs.
We are committed to a ‘Single Sessions Thinking’ (SST) approach as this has proved to be very successful (training will be provided). You will therefore provide a blend of first appointments using SST, alongside short-term therapeutic interventions. Most counselling sessions will be face-to-face in schools, whilst SST sessions are primarily online.
You would be joining a supportive team where clinical supervision is provided.
Successful candidates will:
- Be a qualified counsellor and BACP registered.
- Have a good understanding of the needs of CYP and their families aged 5-13.
- Have a minimum of 12 months of post-qualification experience working with this age group.
- Have a good understanding of safeguarding and a commitment to keeping CYP safe.
The main office is in March, Cambridgeshire. Successful candidates, though, will work from home. An ability to travel across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is essential.
For more information or to apply for this post, please visit www.ormiston.org/work-with-us/our vacancies/
To have an informal discussion, please contact ted.welsh@ormistonfamilies.org.uk
Closing date for all applications: 9.00am on Monday, December 22 nd 2025.
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Closing Date: 22/12/2025
Cambridgeshire
£30,000 FTE (Pro-rata for PT)
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Salary: £12,825 per annum (£32,063 Full Time Equivalent)
Base: Home Based
We are looking for a qualified Clinical Supervisor & Child Wellbeing Practitioner to provide clinical supervision to our team of CWPs. The successful candidate will also have a small caseload that could include short-term guided self-help 1:1 interventions, co-facilitating groups and Single Session Thinking (SST) contacts. We are committed to the ‘Single Sessions Thinking’ (SST) approach which has proved to be very successful (SST training will be provided).
This is a great opportunity for a qualified CWP to work as part of a team, and to make a valuable and lasting difference to the lives of children and young people aged 5-13. It will also enable you to maintain your CWP registration and to join a supportive team where clinical supervision is provided.
You will be working For Ormiston Families as part of the YOUnited partnership (Ormiston Families, Centre 33 and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust). YOUnited provides a single point of access for all referrals for Children and Young People (CYP) in need of support with their mental health across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Ormiston Families work with CYP aged 5-13 with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing needs.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified CWP, with a supervisory qualification and experience of providing clinical supervision
- Be registered with the BACP/ BABCP or working towards registration
- Have a sound knowledge of GSH interventions and experience of delivering low intensity CBT-informed interventions, to CYP aged 5-13 and their Carers.
- Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the mental health presentations in children and young people in this age group
The main office is in March, Cambridgeshire. The successful candidates though will work from home providing therapeutic support on line.
To apply to this post, please click on the apply online button.
To have an informal discussion please contact ted.welsh@ormistonfamilies.org.uk
Closing date for all applications : 9am, Monday 15th December 2025
Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
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Closing Date: 15/12/2025
Remote
£12,825 per annum (£32,063 Full Time Equivalent)
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