The Children's Society
Prevention Officer - East
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Youth Impact Advert
Fixed Term until 31st March 2027
35 hours per week
£29,155 per annum
Location: Mobile worker (Home-based)
Benefits include but not limited to:
- 36 days’ annual leave, inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- We match up to 8% pension
- Free counselling service
- Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
- 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation
About us
The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.
Our Youth Impact domain creates impact for children and young people. With highly skilled and experienced staff working across England and Wales, we provide direct support to children, young people, parents and carers, as well as conduct research and influence Government to make changes. We also provide training for professionals. Our value driven team change the lives of children in this country for the better — and with your help and expertise, tomorrow we can support even more.
About the role
You’ll play a key part in our national Prevention Programme, developing and delivering regional and national learning sessions, workshops and resources for multi-agency audiences, leading systems change projects and contributing to the development of local and regional strategies in order to improve practice and explore new approaches to preventing and tackling child exploitation and abuse.
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This is a unique opportunity to influence and learn from both practice on the ground and at strategic levels including statutory and third sector organisations, the government and businesses.
We’re looking for a dedicated and skilled Prevention Officer with the ability to drive forward systems change work to better prevent and improve response to child exploitation and abuse across London and Southeast, making a real impact in the lives of children and young people.
Experience
- Multi-agency working, for example with statutory and voluntary sector partners.
- Working within and managing effective and innovative projects or services for vulnerable children.
- Developing and delivering learning sessions or problem-solving workshops to different audiences.
Skills & knowledge
- Sound understanding of child and adolescent development, trauma, exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery.
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racist ways of working.
- Strong planning, organisational, communication and partnership skills.
It would also be an advantage if you have any of the following skills and competencies:
- Familiarity with local and regional police, local authority and/or health structures.
- Experience of multi-agency work at a strategic level
- Working within a geographically dispersed team.
- Experience of incorporating children and young people’s voices to inform systems change work with partners.
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Closing date
Midnight on Sunday 11th October 2026
Interviews
Week commencing 19th October 2026
The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, 5 years of references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.
In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.
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