Working
with us

 

We believe that it's the quality of the people who work with us that sets us apart – their energy, commitment, skills and burning desire to make a difference to young people's lives.

We offer a working environment that values staff, promotes improvement and is small enough to give you a real chance to influence and achieve.

 

 

Professional development opportunity

At Young Futures we are committed to delivering the highest standard of care to our young people and we invest in our staff to ensure they are appropriately qualified.  To deliver on our commitment we support all our full-time staff to complete the Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Diploma.

This Ofsted recognised qualification is considered the gold standard for practitioners. To help you achieve this we offer a personal tutor, dedicated study time and a £1,500 study bonus.

 

 

Current career opportunities

 

 

We're always looking for kind, energetic, passionate, and fun individuals who love a challenge, have some experience of working with young people and want to make a big difference.

Children & Young People's Practitioner (Nights), Children's Home

Part-Time: 15+ hours pw £29,600 (pro-rata) pa + benefits
 

 

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 offering a wide range of training opportunities and accredited course to build your skills, grow your confidence and support your career progression.

Could this be you?

We're 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.

Working hours are a minimum of 15 hours per week:

  • Saturday waking-night shift from 8.30pm to 8.30am, supporting evening routines, responding to young people's needs, carrying out agreed welfare checks and maintaining a safe, settled home.
  • Friday mornings from 9.30am to 12.30pm, typically online, for team meetings, training, and group reflective practice.
  • There are also opportunities to cover colleagues' annual leave, with at least 2-3 additional shifts per month.

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 Wednesday 11th November

Interviews: 1st Round online on Teams from Friday 6th December

Start Date: Late November/early December 2026

 

Click for full job description for the residential position.

Please read the FAQ paper about the role.

Please fill out an application form and equal opportunities monitoring form

Please email your completed application form with CV to osman.jama@youngfutures.org.uk

Please email your completed EO Monitoring Form to info@youngfutures.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 


Investing in our People

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

For us, the effective development of our collective talents and career prospects is the only way we can ensure sustained growth and competitive advantage.

 

Diversity, Inclusion and Equality

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.

 

 

Salary & Benefits 

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.

As a result we offer:


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

 

Young Futures Social Care

info@youngfutures.org.uk 127 Lambeth Walk, London. SE11 6EE

For placement enquires and/or to request a Statement of Purpose please call: Osman Jama on 07811 155838

Business/Admin Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Tel: 07811 155 838

Community out-of-hours on-call Monday to Friday 5pm to 9am, weekends and Bank Holidays Tel: 07435 964 589

Yvonne House duty 24/7 Tel: 07896 102 842