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RAILWAY CHILDREN CAREERS

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?

Current vacancies

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Youth outreach practitioner – Yorkshire

This role provides direct 1:1 and group support to vulnerable young people across South Yorkshire, helping reduce risk and improve safety through early intervention and strong multi‑agency working.

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Youth outreach practitioner – Glasgow

This role supports children and young people at risk on the Glasgow transport network by delivering early interventions and safeguarding work in partnership with British Transport Police and local services.

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Head of Safeguarding

This senior role leads Railway Children’s group safeguarding strategy, strengthening policies, practice and culture across our work to ensure children and vulnerable young people are protected and supported.

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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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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.

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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.