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Youth Outreach and Community Worker

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The role

Hours: Full time (permanent)
Salary: Up to £32k

We are looking to recruit a Youth Outreach and Community Worker in London as part of our UK Programme.

This role requires close working with partners, engaging and safeguarding young people in and around Waterloo Station, helping to identify and safeguard young people at risk of criminal and sexual exploitation, county lines, missing from home, homelessness or family breakdown. This role involves working regular unsociable hours including evenings and weekends.

You will be working closely alongside key partners such as British Transport Police, security staff, Train Operators, Youth Services and other local stakeholders.

You’ll play a key role in the development of our UK Safeguarding on Transport Programme and part of a dynamic team delivering Railway Children’s safeguarding programme in the UK.

About you

We are looking for someone who brings experience of successfully engaging and supporting young people as well as experience of working in an outreach or similar community setting, in a creative and engaging way with young people with a range of needs and vulnerabilities.

Alongside this you will be able to work effectively with community and statutory partners to safeguard young people.

You will have completed relevant training, have experience in safeguarding and in the issues relevant to vulnerable young and families. Therefore, you will be an experienced practitioner with an excellent understanding of safeguarding processes and procedures, who is able to work creatively, independently and within professional boundaries.

Your base would be at Waterloo station with regular travel to other stations and some home working. This role involves working regular unsociable hours including evenings and weekends.  

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To apply for this role, complete the application form below. Please note that Railway Children will only accept applications made using this form and will not accept CVs, academic certificates or covering letters.

At Railway Children, we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of all those who come into contact with us in our work. We follow a range of procedures to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of background and reference checks including criminal records check.

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Railway Children is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment and to safeguarding anyone who comes into contact with our work. We implement a range of policies to ensure that we only employ people suitable to work with vulnerable groups and who are prepared to work in line with the high standards of personal conduct we expect. In line with verifying these standards, job offers are subject to receipt of references satisfactory to Railway Children and you will be required to undertake a police check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Any disclosure made by the Disclosure and Barring Service will remain strictly confidential. Any post that involves directly working with children will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 which means that spent convictions must be disclosed and will be taken into account in deciding whether to make an appointment. In addition to a police check,you will be asked to sign a self-declaration regarding your criminal record post-interview.

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