Children & Young People Team Lead
Salary: £27,000 – £28,000 FTE per annum (pro rata)
Part Time Hours: 22 per week
Location: Hereford, Herefordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Tuesday 11th August 2026
Interviews: To be confirmed.
Are you passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people?
About the role
Join ONSIDE as a Children & Young People Team Lead and play a pivotal role in shaping brighter futures for young people across Herefordshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine hands-on service delivery with inspiring team leadership, supporting a passionate team of Wellbeing Advisors while making a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people.
As Children & Young People Team Lead, you’ll provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and motivation to a dedicated team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, accessible wellbeing support across the county. You’ll help create a positive, high-performing culture where both young people and colleagues can thrive.
You’ll also lead our Young Ambassadors Programme, empowering young people to have their voices heard, influence services and engage in rewarding volunteering opportunities that build confidence, skills and community connections.
Working closely with the Deputy Head of Services, you’ll monitor performance, analyse service data and contribute to reporting requirements, helping drive the ongoing development and success of our Strong Young Minds and Strong Young Minds Reaching Out services.
If you’re passionate about supporting young people, developing teams and creating lasting impact in your community, we’d love to hear from you.
Learn More About Our Work
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ONSIDE’s Benefits
- 26 days annual holiday + Bank Holidays
- Pension Scheme
- Company Sick Pay Scheme (after qualifying service)
- Additional Maternity & Paternity Pay (after qualifying service)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to premium Calm App
- Employee Engagement Forum to ensure our employee’s voices are heard!
- Your ‘Birthday Day’ Off
- Supportive working environment & good work/life balance culture
- Support with continuous professional development
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for someone who, has experience in line management or team leadership and has worked with children and young people in a mental health, wellbeing or youth work setting.
You will need to be able to engage, motivate and inspire both young people and staff and have a strong understanding of mental health, emotional wellbeing and safeguarding for children and young people and are confident in coordinating multi-site or community-based services.
You will be a supportive and approachable leader, who is highly organised, with strong communication and team coordinator skills.
If you are committed to putting young people at the heart of everything we do, we want to hear from you!
Someone like you?
If you embrace difference and champion diversity.
If you are creative in your approach, can think around problems and find new ways to solve them.
If you’re looking for a job that you can be proud of, and passionate about. Please submit your application.
These values run through our entire organisation. ONSIDE is a creative, collaborative community where people feel free to share new ideas or ask for support. If something’s not right, we don’t just change it. We change ourselves too.
Our amazing team of skilled staff and volunteers make a difference to the lives of over 15,000 people a year!
Want to know more?
If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the working pattern before submitting an application, please get in touch with Fiona Williams, Deputy Head of Services by email fiona.williams@onside-advocacy.org.uk.
Please also access our guidance on how to apply to ONSIDE on our advert pages.
ONSIDE reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before the closing date.