We believe in a world where no child ever has to live on the streets.
As we embark on our new strategy, we have ambitious plans to ensure no child is left behind, wherever we work.
Why not join us?
What we offer
As well as helping some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people, we offer some great perks:
- Time out. You’ll start with 25 days holiday per year to recharge the batteries. After three years, this will increase by an extra day per year until you reach a relaxing 30 days leave.
- Pension. We offer a pension contribution of 6% of annual salary.
- Birthday leave and ‘Railway Children Day’. You’ll get two additional days of annual leave in your birthday month and around Christmas time.
- A culture we’re proud of. Driven by our CEO, family values are at the heart of our culture and make Railway Children an incredible place to work.
- Flexible working environment and home working. It’s one of the reasons why our staff retention is so impressive!
Watch this short film about the work you’d be supporting – you can make a real difference to children’s lives.
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Railway Children’s current vacancies
Youth Practitioner (London)
Location: We are interested in applications from people living in Croydon, Lewisham and Greenwich.
The role of youth practitioner in London will work as part of a dynamic team delivering our UK Programme, in partnership with British Transport Police (BTP) and the UK rail industry. You’ll also provide direct support to children aged 10-17 identified as vulnerable, and work with rail industry partners to reduce risks to young people on the rail network.
To apply for this position, complete this application form and return it to programmejobs@railwaychildren.org.uk – we will only accept applications using this form and not CVs, academic certificates or covering letters. Please include job title applied for in the email subject line.
Closing date: Monday Friday 24th February at 5pm
First stage online interviews set for Monday 3rd March.
Privacy notice for Job Applicants
Railway Children is aware of its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is committed to processing your data securely and transparently. Railway Children has developed a privacy notice for job applicants that sets out, in line with GDPR, the types of data that we collect and hold on you as a job applicant. It also sets out how we use that information, how long we keep it for and other relevant information about your data. A full version of the privacy notice can be downloaded below.
Railway Children is committed to safeguarding anyone who comes into contact with us and implements a range of policies to ensure only those suitable to work with vulnerable groups are employed.