Team Leader (ParentChild+)

Coram; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Coram is seeking a Team Leader in Nottingham to oversee the ParentChild+ programme, guiding a team of Home Visitors and volunteers to support 100 families over two years. The role requires safeguarding experience and a proven ability to meet targets.

You will train staff, ensure high-quality home learning, and work with the Regional Manager to coordinate delivery across areas. A degree in Early Years Education or Level 3 in Early Years is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a project, meeting targets and deadlines.
• Experience of supporting families and managing staff.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equal opportunities.
• Degree or qualification in early years education is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead ParentChild+ to support 100 families over 2 years.
• Train, supervise and manage a team of Home Visitors and volunteers.
• Deliver the early years home learning programme in each area.
• Work with Regional Manager to ensure targets are met.

Skills

Project management

Staff supervision

Safeguarding

Family support

Education

Degree in Early Years Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Contract – Fixed Term , 27 months from January 2027

Salary – £31,700.41 per annum

Location - Nottingham

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 Nottingham. 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 Team Leader will manage ParentChild+ to support 100 families over 2 years. The role will work with the Regional Manager 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.

If you have any questions, please contact Rujina Begum, Senior Team Leader at [e-mail]

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.