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

Job Description

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?

This employer is looking for people with energy, warmth, ambition, and personality who want more than just a job.

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.

This employer invests in you, too

They are passionate about learning and professional development. As soon as practicable, they will 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?

This employer is particularly interested in people who bring:

• Experience with young people – perhaps through mentoring, coaching, teaching, youth work, or a similar role.
• Warmth, kindness, and humour – the qualities that help genuine relationships grow.
• Strong values and a real commitment to inclusion and opportunity.
• Good judgement – including the ability to recognise risk and respond confidently and appropriately.
• 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.

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

They offer:

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

Please note that only women are eligible to apply for the Residential Practitioner position at this 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?

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.

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 the organisation is attracting 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.

For 2026-27 they have set themselves a number of challenging but achievable targets in their new Inclusion and Equality Action Plan.

No agencies please.