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Would you like to join our team at Sutton Carers Centre?
If so, see below for any current paid or volunteering vacancies.
For more information, please email recruitment@suttoncarerscentre.org
Work with us
Team Leader - Carer Peer Support (Adult Mental Health)
£34,101 FTE, pro rata 28 hours per week, plus excellent benefits
We are looking for someone to join our local, independent Carer-led charity, someone who has their own personal story of caring, able to use that lived experience as well as their professional skills and knowledge to help others.
The postholder will collaborate extensively with our funding partner, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, as well as other charity delivery partners to improve the identification of, and support for, unpaid family and friend Carers of adults with mental health needs. The work may also involve identifying children and young people in caring roles and brokering access to our Young Carers Support team.
As well as leading a small, part-time team of Carer Peer Support Workers, you will work alongside them, providing front-line, individual and group dedicated support (practical, social and clinical interventions). As well as coordinating services to assist Carers with their own wellbeing needs, you will enable Carers to provide well-informed care for their friends and family. You also will be our representative for the MH Trusts’ Triangle of Care Steering Group.
The successful candidate will be curious, open-minded, committed, passionate, and resilient, with values based on recognising the unique strengths and abilities of individuals, families and kinship groups. Opportunities for training, personal development and career progression are excellent. This would be a great opportunity for someone with the right skills and aptitudes wanting to progress into management.
Strong organisational and communication skills as well as the ability to manage competing demands in a fast-paced, dynamic, multi-partner environment are essential. Flexibility is also key; you’ll need to respond to the varying needs of Carers and the organisation, including occasional work outside standard office hours.
Sutton Carers Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and children and expects all staff to share this commitment and practice. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and other relevant pre-employment checks.
We value the diversity of our team and actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates, individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+, and individuals who identify as male, as these groups are under-represented in our Sutton workforces. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health issues, personal experience of caring and/or understand the particular needs of Sutton residents.
Closing date for applications: Monday 20th April 2026 at 10am
Proposed date for Interviews: Tuesday 28th April 2026
Paid vacancies
Volunteer with us
Young Carers Administration Volunteer
As a Young/Young Adult Carer Administration Volunteer, you will provide vital administrative support to our Young Carers Service. Typical tasks include:
Update and maintain the Charity Log database with current contact details for Young Carers and their families.
Help create and distribute flyers, posters, and newsletters to keep Young Carers informed about upcoming activities and support services.
Assist staff in booking and organising events, workshops, and trips, ensuring all logistical details are in place.
Contact Young Carers and their families to confirm attendance, provide information, and gather feedback.
Support group sessions and activities by preparing materials and helping create a welcoming, safe environment.
Trustees
Could you spend a few hours each month helping to improve the lives of the estimated 18,000 young and adult Carers in Sutton?
Join the team who:
-ensure the charity’s governance to the highest level and quality
-help secure, maintain and grow our services
-assist in setting our strategic vision and goals and lead the organisation accordingly
-ensure the Management Board, together with the Chief Executive Officer, develops and meets the long-term strategy for the organisation
-support and guide the Chief Executive Officer in achieving the agreed strategic and operational objectives
If you would like to support us in our mission to ensure each and every Carer in Sutton has the support they need to maintain a life of their own alongside their vital caring role, get in touch.
Reception and Administration Volunteer
Reception & Administration Volunteers are a vital part of Sutton Carers Centre, warmly welcoming Carers, visitors and callers as the first point of contact. They provide reception support — answering calls, greeting Carers — and assist our Central Services Team with key admin tasks, from preparing promotional materials to helping with mail-outs. Their contribution keeps our services running smoothly and ensures Carers feel supported from the very first hello.
Advice and Information Volunteer
As an Advice and Information Volunteer, you will be the first point of contact for Carers contacting Sutton Carers Centre. You will support Carers with compassion and empathy, providing them with accurate, up to date advice and information about a range of topics, including local and national services and support they may be entitled to.
Be the first point of telephone contact for Carers who can be desperate for support and in distress.
Support Carers with registration on our database.
Provide accurate information, guidance and signposting to services and resources.
Support staff by triaging needs and making referrals where appropriate.
Preparing promotional materials.
Booking appointments with Carers.
Checkins with Carers to see how they are doing.
Meeter-Greeter Volunteer
As a Meeter-Greeter Volunteer, you’ll provide a warm welcome to Carers, visitors, and professionals arriving at Sutton Carers Centre. You’ll help people find where they need to go, assist them in using stairs or lifts, and make sure their first experience of the Centre is positive and reassuring.
Welcome visitors, Carers, and staff in a friendly and helpful manner.
Assist visitors to sign in, recording simple visitor information and inform staff or group facilitators of their arrival.
Accompany visitors upstairs or assist them to use the lift safely to reach Sutton Carers Centre rooms.
Help participants find the right room for Carer groups and activities.
Offer refreshments (tea, coffee, or water) and help visitors feel comfortable while they wait.
Keep reception and waiting areas tidy, welcoming, and stocked with leaflets.
Hand out information about Sutton Carers Centre services or direct visitors to the right staff member.
Support with light administrative tasks (printing, photocopying, preparing welcome packs).
During quieter periods (e.g. between groups, deliveries, or drop-ins), you can complete optional online training modules on a range of topics.
Uphold Sutton Carers Centre’s values of respect, confidentiality, and inclusion.
Application pack
Once you have read through the Application Pack documents and completed your application form, please click the 'Apply now' button or email recruitment@suttoncarerscentre.org attachning your application and monitoring forms.