Children & Young People’s Practitioners - Children’s Home

Children & Young People Now Jobs; London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's care service organization in London is seeking Children & Young People’s Practitioners to support young women in care. Responsibilities include meeting health and education needs, and leading engaging activities. Candidates should have experience in related fields, a commitment to equality, and a warm, caring approach. The role includes a full-time or part-time option with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive sector salaries

Staff well-being initiatives

Pension

Generous training budget

Paid travel expenses

Qualifications

• Experience supporting young people in challenging environments is essential.
• Must demonstrate warmth and empathy in interactions with youth.
• Strong commitment to promoting inclusivity and equality in care practices.

Responsibilities

• Support health, education, and living needs of young women.
• Lead activities such as sports or arts for the young women.
• Work with a team dedicated to positive relationships and care.

Skills

Experience in residential care, mentoring, teaching, or youth work

Ability to build safe and trusting relationships

Commitment to equality and inclusion

Confidence in safeguarding

Resilience and ambition for growth

Education

Diploma qualification (offered post-probation)

Job description

Overview

Children & Young People’s Practitioners – Children’s Home (Full-Time & Part-Time)
Hours: Full-Time (36 hours pw - shift work including weekends) & Part-Time (24 Hrs pw - fixed shifts, working days TBC)
Salary: £27,400 to £29,000 (pro-rata) pa + benefits
Location: London, Zone 2 - Lambeth SW8
Women only – Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of young women in care aged 13-17?

This organisation provides a safe, nurturing, and empowering home for young women aged 13–17. Many of the young people that they support have experienced trauma, loss, and instability. This organisation's role is to offer care that is unconditional, trauma-informed, and compassionate – building trust, promoting healing, and inspiring hope for the future.

This employer is passionate about learning and development – for staff as much as for young people. Shortly after probation, they will enrol you on a Diploma qualification and provide the support, time, and financial incentives you need to succeed.

They are looking for women with:

• Experience of supporting young people in settings such as residential care, mentoring, teaching, or youth work.
• Warmth, kindness, humour, and the ability to build safe and trusting relationships.
• Strong values and a genuine commitment to equality and inclusion.
• Confidence to recognise and respond appropriately to risk and safeguarding concerns.
• Resilience, reflection, and ambition for professional growth.

About the role

As a Children & Young People’s Practitioner, you will:

• Support young women’s health, education, and day-to-day living needs.
• Lead on a specialist strand of work, such as promoting sports, culture, or the arts.
• Be part of a dedicated team that places love, kindness, and authenticity at the heart of everything they do.

This organisation believes all staff should be paid well for work that delivers excellent services and changes the lives of young people in and leaving care.

This employer offers

• Competitive sector salaries
• Staff well-being initiatives that promote self-care and underpin reflective practice
• A pension
• A generous training budget
• Paid work-related travel

Timescales

Applications submissions: AS A P and before 5pm Friday 19th September
Interviews 1st Round online on Teams from Monday 15th September
Start date: October 2025

Application Process

To find out more information, please click the apply button. You will be taken to a simple CHM Recruit form and then redirected to complete your application for this position.

Investing in their People

This employer values the importance of determining the right strategy, keeping everyone on board, enhancing management practices and continuously evaluating what's working or needs further improvement. They deliver services in an increasingly competitive, rapidly changing sector with limited resources.

For them, the effective development of their collective talents and career prospects is the only way they can ensure sustained growth and competitive advantage.

Diversity, Inclusion and Equality

This employer is committed to embedding inclusive practices, promoting equality and valuing diversity in all of their activities. They understand and acknowledge the positive benefits that this commitment will bring to the young people they support, their staff and their partner organisations.

They are striving to be an employer of choice for all and take measures to ensure that they attract recruits from the most skilled and committed people regardless of their background. Whilst they can already be proud of some examples of excellent practice, they are not complacent and recognise that they can always do better.

No agencies please.