About Martin House

Martin House provides free specialist palliative care to babies, children and young people with complex and life-shortening conditions. Families from across West, North and East Yorkshire have access to our care 24/7, 365 days a year, including specialist doctors. Every year we care for more than 550 families, at the hospice, in hospital and in families’ own homes, as well as supporting around 200 bereaved family members.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, passionate and dynamic Cultural Liaison Officer to work within the hospice and cover all of the Martin House catchment area. The role is funded by the national lottery for a 3 year period.

The cultural Liaison Officer plays a key role in fostering inclusion, cultural sensitivity and community engagement across the organisation. Their work strengthens the clinical services, staff support, education and income generation by ensuring Martin House reflects and serves its diverse population. The overarching purpose of this role is to help us to break down some of those barriers and to reach as many families as possible with a palliative care offer that is right for them.

We cover a large geographical area which could include the boundaries of Saltburn by the Sea, Keighley, Wakefield and Bridlington and the post holder will be required to attend sites across the entire region on a regular basis in order to build relationships within these communities.

We are looking for someone with experience of working, engaging and developing projects with families in Minority Ethnic communities and will speak at least one other language alongside English. To succeed in the role, experience of working with people who have a disability and/or life limiting conditions is essential.

Our ideal candidate will

• Be committed to Martin House’s values – Excellence, Respect, Integrity, and Compassion.
• Want to work in a well-established, award-winning hospice, working as part of the multidisciplinary team to support the children, young people and their families from the time of their referral through to end of life care.
• Have a strong awareness of issues affecting Minority Ethnic communities in relation to caring.
• Have a demonstrated connection to Minority Ethnic cultures and communities.

Our Benefits

Martin House places families at the heart of all that we do and this is reflected in the amazing benefits we offer our valued team members.

• Annual leave – eight weeks per year, including bank holidays.
• Sick pay – six months full pay and six months half pay following successful completion of probationary period.
• Recognition of NHS pension scheme for candidates who are currently in the scheme and up to 10 per cent contributory AVIVA scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and partners leave to exceed the NHS entitlement.
• Health and wellbeing programme including access to free of charge Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families.
• Accredited Menopause and Mindful employer.
• Life insurance – two times annual salary.
• Free parking at our children’s hospice in Boston Spa.

To apply for this role, please complete an application form, referring to the Job Description and Person Specification. For further information contact Steve Lawman Deputy Director of Clinical Services by email slawman@martinhouse.org.uk or by telephone on 01937 845045.

The closing date for applications is midday on 15th March 2026, and interviews will take place on 30th March 2026. If you have not heard from us by 20th March 2026, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Martin House is committed to providing care and improving services irrespective of race, ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, marital status, or sexual orientation.

Martin House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Recruitment checks are undertaken in accordance with safer recruitment standards and successful applicants may be required to undertake a DBS via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK.