Parent Adviser – By Your Side Project

Contract: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 17.5 hours per week ,term time only

Salary: £33,694 – £36, 941 pro-rata per annum

Location: Mix of Hospital, Home and Office based

Join us!

Contact is a national charity for families with disabled children. We provide information, advice and support, and bring families together so they can support each other. We campaign to improve their circumstances, and for their right to be included and equal in society.

Your role

You will provide an advice, information and support services to families using hospital services at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

What we’re looking for

• Experience of working with and supporting families who have disabled children.
• Good organisational and administrative skills.
• Knowledge and experience of the issues and concerns that affect families who have disabled children e.g. benefits, social care, and education.
• Knowledge and experience of welfare benefits, especially DLA/PIP and other benefits targeted at families with disabled children.
• Good communication, listening skills, time management and networking skills.

How to apply

Please return a completed application form along with an equal opportunities monitoring form (downloadable as part of the job pack) by the date stated below to: recruitment@contact.org.uk

Important dates

Closing date:    9am on Friday the 10 May 2024  
Interview date: Wednesday the 15 May 2024