ND Support Worker (West Sussex)

Employer: Reaching Families

Location: Remote working with some travel to events across West Sussex  

Temporary: Contract (Until end of March 2028 - with extension subject to further funding 

Working hours:  35 hours per week

Salary: £24,000 FTE

Closing date: 29 July 2026 at 17:00

• Job description

  Are you passionate about supporting parent-carers of children and young people with ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions? 
  
  We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our rapidly growing caring charity with the benefits of flexible family friendly working (from home), generous holiday, pension scheme, travel expenses, laptop and phone provided.  
  
  Reaching Families was established in 2008 to empower, inform and support parent-carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex.  We achieve this through the delivery of our services providing information, training and peer support.
  
  Our ND Navigation Service provides information, training and support to parent-carers of children and young people waiting on, undergoing or completed an assessment for ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions.
  
  We are looking to recruit a skilled and motivated support worker to join our NDP Navigation Service
  Working within the Outreach & Training team to provide information, advice, signposting, training and support to parents and carers of children and young people on the West Sussex Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) who have been referred into the service. 

  Person Specification (essential):

  Knowledge
  • ​Extensive knowledge and/or experience of the challenges faced by parent-carers and children and young people on the neurodevelopmental pathway 
  • Extensive knowledge and/or experience of ADHD, Autism and other neurodivergent conditions 
  • Working knowledge of the local SEND community in West Sussex 
  
  Experience
  •Experience of either advice giving preferably gained in the voluntary or statutory sector or experience of casework support  preferably gained working with families of neurodivergent children 
  • Experience of working with parent-carers and families of neurodivergent children 
  • Experience of undertaking outreach to disadvantaged communities
  • Experience of using MS Office including SharePoint, Excel and Microsoft Teams 
  
  Please see attached job description for further details and full criteria 

  We welcome applications from all members of the community and value diversity in the organisation. Please contact us if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to the application or interview process due to any disability or health requirements. 

  Activiely interviewing as suitable applications are received

  Applicants must have the right to work in the UK 

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