Area Coordinator (ParentChild+)

South West Community Chaplaincy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Coram in Tower Hamlets is seeking an Area Coordinator (ParentChild+) to lead a Home Visitors team delivering a one-to-one home visiting and weekly group session model for 37 weeks per family. The role requires project management experience, safeguarding expertise, and a commitment to equality and diversity.

The fixed-term contract runs for 48 months from February 2027, offering 21 hours per week with a salary of £18,852.42 per annum (FTE £31,420.70). Closing date 30 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Must have experience of managing a project, meeting targets and deadlines, and supporting families while managing staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ParentChild+ team to support 100 families over 2 years.
• Train, supervise and manage Home Visitors and volunteers delivering the programme.
• Ensure safeguarding and equality/diversity commitments are implemented.
• Collaborate with Team Leader to coordinate delivery across the area.

Skills

Project management

Staff supervision

Safeguarding experience

Equal opportunities & diversity

Education

Degree in Early Years Education or Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Job Title - Area Coordinator (ParentChild+)

Contract - Fixed Term, 48 months from February 2027

Hours - 21 hours per week

Salary - £18,852.42 per annum (£31,420.70 FTE)

Location - Tower Hamlets

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK's oldest children's charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Coram Family Lives is part of the Coram group.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in an early years home learning programme in Tower Hamlets. ParentChild+ has been delivered in America for over 50 years, working one-to-one with families who face significant life challenges. The model is based on one home visit and one group session each week, for at least 37 weeks, by home visitors. It addresses a range of outcomes for parents whose children are at risk of starting school below the expected level, by offering free books, toys and homemade resources and modelling how to create a rich home learning environment.

The Area Coordinator will manage ParentChild+ team to support 100 families over 2 years. The role will work with the Team Leader to train, supervise and manage a team Home Visitors and volunteers to deliver the early years home learning programme in each area.

The successful candidate must have experience of managing a project, meeting targets and deadlines as well as experience of supporting families and managing staff.

You will need to have experience of safeguarding. Commitment to ensuring equal opportunities and diversity is also essential.

Degree in Early Years Education or Level 3 Early Years qualification or equivalent is essential.

Closing Date: Monday, 30th November 2026

Interview Date: TBC

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.