The Children’s Society’s PACT Project, which provides direct services and development initiatives to support and empower disabled young people, require Sessional Workers to join our busy and committed team.

Key to the delivery our Reaching Out initiative, you’ll support the Senior Project Worker to identify and secure appropriate voluntary and work placements in the community for disabled young people. You’ll be required to work alongside disabled young people to enable their inclusion as employees and volunteers and support their individual learning programmes and outcomes.

To succeed in this role you should have a relevant qualification related to working with children and young people, or working towards this, and have direct experience of working with disabled children and young people. Working hours will be variable but are not likely to exceed 10 hours per week.

As well as a strong commitment to your development, we offer a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.

We provide strategic and ‘hands on’ participation services for children, young people and agencies across the borough of Greenwich. We work with children and young people aged 5 – 21 from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs including looked after children, disabled children and young offenders. We also work in diverse settings such as primary schools, Youth Offending teams, Looked after Children services, and with youth participation groups to further develop their participation practice through mentoring and training.

To help us successfully deliver these services we’re looking for individuals with knowledge, experience and skills to support a diverse range of children and young people as well as the professionals who work with them. To be considered for this post you’ll need to hold a relevant professional qualification within the field of education, social work or youth work.

We encourage applicants to contact Veronika Neyer on 0207 358 2004 for an informal discussion about the role before applying.

Post based in our office in Peckham and currently funded to March 2011.

We provide strategic and ‘hands on’ participation services for children, young people and agencies across the borough of Greenwich. We work with children and young people aged 5 – 21 from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs including looked after children, disabled children and young offenders. We also work in diverse settings such as primary schools, Youth Offending teams, Looked after Children services, and with youth participation groups to further develop their participation practice through mentoring and training.

To help us successfully deliver these services we’re looking for individuals with knowledge, experience and skills to support a diverse range of children and young people as well as the professionals who work with them. To be considered for this post you’ll need to hold a relevant professional qualification within the field of education, social work or youth work.

We encourage applicants to contact Veronika Neyer on 0207 358 2004 for an informal discussion about the role before applying.

Post based in our office in Peckham and currently funded to March 2011.

The Children’s Society is a leading children’s charity committed to making childhood better. We work with children across the country, providing the right support at the right time. We commissioned The Good Childhood® Inquiry; the UK’s first independent national inquiry into childhood. Its aims were to renew society’s understanding of modern childhood and to inform, improve and inspire all our relationships with children.

We provide strategic and ‘hands on’ participation services for children, young people and agencies across the borough of Greenwich. We work with children and young people aged 5 – 21 from diverse backgrounds and with diverse needs including looked after children, disabled children and young offenders. We also work in diverse settings such as primary schools, Youth Offending teams, Looked after Children services, and with youth participation groups to further develop their participation practice through mentoring and training.

To help us successfully deliver these services we’re looking for individuals with knowledge, experience and skills to support a diverse range of children and young people as well as the professionals who work with them. To be considered for this post you’ll need to hold a relevant professional qualification within the field of education, social work or youth work. In addition, you’ll need experience of supervising staff/volunteers and of developing and delivering training.

We encourage applicants to contact Veronika Neyer on 0207 358 2004 for an informal discussion about the role before applying.

Are you ready for a new challenge? If you have retail management experience and are looking for a role that will allow you to make a real difference – to your branch, to your local community and to disadvantaged children and young people, this position could be for you.

As a Shop Manager for The Children’s Society, you’ll need the following skills:

* Creative merchandising experience and innovative promotional ideas
* The recruitment, training and people skills to lead a diverse team of
volunteers
* Ability to remain customer focused and deliver excellent service standards
* An organised approach to administration and experience managing Health
& Safety

As well as a strong commitment to your development with Regional manager training and support, we offer generous holidays (28 days plus bank holidays), contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.
This is a 12 months contract working 37 hours per week to include Saturdays

Are you ready for a new challenge? If you have retail management experience and are looking for a role that will allow you to make a real difference – to your branch, to your local community and to disadvantaged children and young people, this position could be for you.

As a Shop Manager for The Children’s Society, you’ll need the following skills:

* Creative merchandising experience and innovative promotional ideas
* The recruitment, training and people skills to lead a diverse team of
volunteers
* Ability to remain customer focused and deliver excellent service standards
* An organised approach to administration and experience managing Health
& Safety

As well as a strong commitment to your development with Regional manager training and support, we offer generous holidays (28 days plus bank holidays), contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.
This is a 12 months contract working 37 hours per week to include Saturdays

Interviews: 8th April 2010

The values which children absorb will be the values of the adult society around them.

This is brand new role we’ve created to further sharpen our focus on safeguarding children. Encouraging and advising colleagues on managing risk, you will work alongside our Head of Safeguarding, to ensure that the whole organisation safeguards children effectively.

Our work as an organisation spans a range of issues that affect children – disability, refugees, early years and more. While your work will centre around safeguarding, your activities will be varied – from working on confidential, sensitive investigations to developing and revising policy. You’ll help create and deliver training that will empower your colleagues to act in best practice, supporting them as they go.

You’ll keep our database current and reflective of policy, making the safeguarding team’s insight accessible to everyone. Encouraging your colleagues to take action to manage risk, your impact will ripple through the organisation. And as a team, the impact we can make will help create a society in which our children absorb values that are loving, safe and positive.

With impressive experience of working with children and young people, you’ll also have a record of working with policy and practice development in a safeguarding context. You’ll need to be a qualified social worker with a knowledge of the voluntary sector and the collaborations we form. And of course, you’ll need the approachability and clarity of communication to effectively guide your colleagues.

Closing date: 17th March 2010.

The values which children absorb will be the values of the adult society around them.

This is chance to take organisational-level responsibility for keeping children safe. Our work spans a range of issues – disability, refugees, early years and more. This is a position that will allow you to take a strategic overview on Safeguarding and Child Protection, helping us to fulfil our commitment to see the world from the child’s perspective.

At The Children’s Society, we aim to make childhood better. The issue of safeguarding is increasingly high profile and it’s a major focal point for us. To help make sure we continue to lead in this area, we are hiring into important, high profile positions.

Safeguarding children is a crucial part of our work. You’ll lead our thinking, championing our commitment to safe practices and diversity. Encouraging and supporting your colleagues to take action to manage risk, your impact will ripple through the organisation. And as a team, the impact we can make will help create a society in which our children absorb values that are loving, safe and positive.

You’ll need a professional qualification in a childcare related field, such as Social Work, Youth & Community Work or Education. With solid, proven experience as a manager, you’ll be ready to lead and inspire. Experience of child protection is crucial, as is a successful track record of investigating child protection allegations and complaints.

Closing date: 17th March 2010.

Downside Neighbourhood Centre is a project run by The Children’s Society, and is a Children’s Centre offering services to children and families within the Downside and Manshead ward of Dunstable in Central Bedfordshire. Our services include early intervention and prevention, health visitor access, Speech and Language, access to Job Centre plus teams, midwives, family support, outreach services, youth clubs and access to the community development officer for the local and Police Community Support Officers.

We are seeking to appoint an Administrative Assistant to assist in providing efficient and well-ordered administrative support to the Children’s Centre team.

You will undertake administrative duties such as word processing, filing, data inputting, minute taking, ordering of equipment and stationery, and you will be the first point of contact for all enquiries either by the telephone or face to face.

You will need experience of working in an administrative position and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Excel and Powerpoint) and a general level of education to GCSE standard or equivalent.

Hours of work will be 18 per week. Temporary until 31 March 2011, continuation subject to funding.

The Children's Society is a leading children’s charity committed to making childhood better for all children in the UK. Our Christian values of love, justice and forgiveness drive our work. Our national network of projects deliver specialist services for disadvantaged children; our schools work, children’s centres and mentoring schemes help children in local communities play a full part in society, while our campaigning creates real change and makes childhood better for all children.

We’re looking to appoint a Company Secretary, reporting to our Director of Business Effectiveness and Audit, to ensure best practice governance standards are met and advise on regulatory requirements. You’ll also provide and ensure good quality commercial advice and good value legal services are available to the developing business of The Children's Society. The role will also include line management of the Legacy Administration Manager and the technical supervision of the Principal Solicitor, Lawyers for Young People.

You’ll be a qualified lawyer, ICSA qualification desirable, but not essential, and have proven post qualification experience in a leading commercial practice. You’ll have good judgement and influencing skills, with strong technical proficiency.

If you share our belief that every child deserves a good childhood, and want to help us to achieve our goals, please apply.

As well as a strong commitment to your development, we offer generous holidays, contributory stakeholder pension, childcare vouchers and flexible working.

Hours for this post are 21 per week, working pattern to be negotiated.