Children & Young People’s Practitioner, Children’s Home
Hours: Full-Time
Salary: £29,600 plus £1,500 in bonuses, rising to £32,500 pa + benefits
Location: A Children’s home in London, SW8 (Zone 2)
Could you make a BIG difference to a young person’s life?
We’re looking for people with energy, warmth, ambition, and personality who want more than just a job.
At Young Futures, you’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with young people in care, help them develop confidence and independence, and support them to achieve things they may not yet believe are possible.
We invest in you, too
We’re passionate about learning and professional development. As soon as practicable, we’ll enrol you onto a relevant Diploma programme and give you the time, support and incentives to succeed and progress your career.
Could this be you?
We’re particularly interested in people who bring:
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Experience with young people – perhaps through mentoring, coaching, teaching, youth work, or a similar role.
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Warmth, kindness, and humour – the qualities that help genuine relationships grow.
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Strong values and a real commitment to inclusion and opportunity.
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Good judgement – including the ability to recognise risk and respond confidently and appropriately.
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Ambition and curiosity – with a desire to learn, develop and become exceptional at what you do.
A role with variety and purpose
You’ll play an active role in supporting each young person’s health, education, relationships, independence, and everyday life.
You’ll also have the chance to lead a specialist area of work, bringing your own strengths and interests to the home — for example sport, culture, and the arts (SCAs).
Working hours are daytime shifts, scheduled between 8am and 9pm, giving you the opportunity to be present for the parts of the day that matter most — from morning routines and education through to activities, appointments and evening support.
This is an important, hands-on role where your ideas, energy and relationships can have a lasting impact.
We believe all staff should be paid well for work that delivers excellent services and changes the lives of young people in and leaving care.
We offer:
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Competitive sector salaries
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Staff well-being initiatives that promote selfcare and underpin reflective practice
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A pension
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A generous training budget
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Paid work-related travel
Please note that only women are eligible to apply for the Residential Practitioner position at our all-female unit, under Section 7(2) (b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975.
Timescales:
Applications submissions: ASAP and before 7pm Tuesday 24th November
Interviews: 1st Round online on Teams from Wednesday 18th November
Start date: December 2026
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to embedding inclusive practices, promoting equality and valuing diversity in all of our activities. We understand and acknowledge the positive benefits that this commitment will bring to the young people we support, our staff and our partner organisations.
We are striving to be an employer of choice for all and take measures to ensure that Young Futures is attracting recruits from the most skilled and committed people regardless of their background. Whilst we can already be proud of some examples of excellent practice, we are not complacent and recognise that we can always do better.
For 2026-27 we have set ourselves a number of challenging but achievable targets in our new Inclusion and Equality Action Plan.
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