Co-chair of Camden Children in Care Council

Salary:£33,855 Pro rata (£18.04 per hour)

Location: Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, London, NW1 1BD & 5 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG

Hours per week: 8

Contract Type: Fixed term/Secondment for 18 months/Part Time

Closing Date: Sunday 17^th August 2025 at 23:59

Interview: Week commencing 25^th August 2025

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.  Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all. This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Participation team that is committed to developing creative ways of involving children, families and adults in service planning and development. This role is for a young person aged 17 – 24 who has lived care experience and has been receiving support from Camden social care. 

About the team/service

Family Group Conference and Participation service is an innovative team and forward thinking. The goal of the service is to make sure Camden residents of any age can participate meaningfully in Camden services and that their rights are championed. The team strives to ensure opportunities to participate are available for Camden’s children, families and adults, and that professionals working with those children, families and adults feel confident and capable to empower them to participate in service planning and development.

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved

As a co-chair of the Children in Care Council, you will be sharing chairing responsibilities with a peer. Together you will work with children in care and care experienced young people to improve how the local authority engages with them, encourages their participation and ensures they have a significant voice and influence in how we run our services. 

The Children in Care Council provides an opportunity for children and young people to meet throughout the year and talk about their experiences of being cared for by Camden, make suggestions to make services better and get involved in making changes and improvements.The co-chair of the Children in Care Council will work with the Participation team to develop engaging activities and programmes that will help to involve children and young people in the development of our services and provide opportunities to have their views heard by senior leaders within the council. 

This role will also involve planning and chairing Children in Care Council meetings and representing the views of children in care and care experienced young people in important forums throughout the year, including Camden’s Corporate Parenting Board.

We will give you training, support and mentoring so you can do this work. We expect you to work 8 hours per week, but we will be flexible around any education or other work commitments you have.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your Microsoft Edge browser (please note the attached will not open in other browsers): http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/11076221/file/document?inline

All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity we expect you to meet the following:

• to have lived care experience 
• to be between 17-24 years old
• to be willing to complete an enhanced DBS check 
• to be enthusiastic and keen to learn
• to be comfortable working with children in care and care experienced young people
• to have a positive attitude
• Be creative and open to different ideas
• Be able to give a 12 months commitment to the role. Hours will be flexible to fit in with your needs i.e. college.
• Be able to commit to an average of 32 hours per month

For in-depth information with regards to this post please view the job profile attached. Or if you wish to discuss this amazing opportunity please contact 

Karen Douglas; karen.douglas@camden.gov.uk

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Interest free loans
• Access to our incredible staff networks
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding