Quaggy Development Trust

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Job Vacancies


Sessional Counsellor

Quaggy Community Counselling Service

We are recruiting for a sessional counsellor to deliver our perinatal counselling which supports women, birthing people and their partners in the perinatal period who present with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The successful counsellor will be passionate about perinatal
mental health and will be delivering short-term one-to-one counselling.

Sessions will be run on a Thursday from a Children’s Centre in Greenwich. There will also be fortnightly clinical supervision provided on Friday afternoons. Please only apply if you can commit to these days.

Job type: Self-employed sessional counsellor (minimum 5 hours per week)
Hourly rate: £22.50
Location: Greenwich on Thursdays only
Closing date for applications: 24 th November 2025
Interview dates: 3 rd and 4 th December 2025

Please send completed application form and monitoring form to mo@quaggychildrenscentre.org.uk

Job Description and Person Specification
Equalities Monitoring Form
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Sessional Counsellor Application Form


Volunteer Counsellor

Quaggy Community Counselling Service

Quaggy Community Counselling Service (QCCS) is BACP accredited and offers low-cost, one to one counselling to adults in Greenwich.
We are a charity committed to supporting the wellbeing of local people and have many years of experience assisting individuals with a wide range of concerns such as loss and bereavement, loneliness, anxiety, depression/postnatal depression, stress, domestic abuse, family and work difficulties and poor self-esteem.
We are currently recruiting student counsellors who are in the second year of diploma or degree level training, to deliver face-to-face sessions and online sessions on a Monday morning (10am-1pm) and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (1-4pm).  
We can provide you with three clients per week, induction training, fortnightly group supervision (on a Monday or Tuesday evening), CPD training days, and on-going clinical support. 

Please only apply if you are able to commit to Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon or Thursday afternoon shifts and could attend supervision fortnightly on a Monday or Tuesday evening.

Closing date for applications: 22nd March 2026
Please send application forms to: mo@qdt.org.uk

Volunteer Counsellor Role Description
Equalities Monitoring Form
Volunteer Counsellor Application Form


Early Years Practitioner

Quaggy Development Trust

Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? If the answer is yes than please apply to join our team!
Quaggy Development Trust is a charitable voluntary organisation that runs nurseries and Children’s Centres in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are looking to recruit 2 level 3 practitioners

Early Years Practitioner (Level 3) at Quaggy Children’s Centre Nursery SE13 7QZ

Applicants must have a minimum of 2 year’s direct work with children in an Early Years or community setting and hold a Level 3 in childcare.  The successful applicants will be team players and passionate about making a difference to children’s lives.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per annum (3 of which to be taken during December closure)
Sickness benefits depending on length of service. We offer an auto enrolment pension and an Employee Assistance Scheme.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent 37.5 hours per week
Salary range: £28,431.00 – £29,221.00

Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Thursday 2nd April 2026

Application cover letter
Job Description and Person Specification
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Application Form


Early Years Practitioner (Part Time – Term Time Only)

Quaggy Development Trust

Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? If the answer is yes than please apply to join our team!
Quaggy Development Trust is a charitable voluntary organisation that runs nurseries and Children’s Centres in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are looking to recruit a level 3 practitioner.

Early Years Practitioner (Level 3) Part Time, Term Time Only at Margaret Bondfield Nursery, 77 Raglan Road, Plumstead SE18 7LB

Applicants must have a minimum of 2 year’s direct work with children in an Early Years or community setting and hold a Level 3 in childcare.  The successful applicants will be team players and passionate about making a difference to children’s lives.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per annum (3 of which to be taken during December closure)
Sickness benefits depending on length of service. We offer an auto enrolment pension and an Employee Assistance Scheme.

Job Types: Part Time, Term Time Only
Salary range: £28,431.00 – £29,221.00
Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Thursday 2nd April 2026

Application cover letter
Job Description and Person Specification
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Application Form


Early Years Practitioner (Maternity Cover)

Quaggy Development Trust

Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? If the answer is yes than please apply to join our team!
Quaggy Development Trust is a charitable voluntary organisation that runs nurseries and Children’s Centres in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are looking to recruit 2 level 3 practitioners

Early Years Practitioner (Level 3) Maternity Cover of up to one year at Margaret Bondfield Nursery, 77 Raglan Road, Plumstead SE18 7LB

Applicants must have a minimum of 2 year’s direct work with children in an Early Years or community setting and hold a Level 3 in childcare.  The successful applicants will be team players and passionate about making a difference to children’s lives.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per annum (3 of which to be taken during December closure)
Sickness benefits depending on length of service. We offer an auto enrolment pension and an Employee Assistance Scheme.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent 37.5 hours per week
Salary range: £28,431.00 – £29,221.00

Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Thursday 2nd April 2026

Application cover letter
Job Description and Person Specification
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Application Form


Early Years Nursery Assistant

Quaggy Development Trust

Do you want to make a difference in a child’s life? If the answer is yes than please apply to join our team!
Quaggy Development Trust is a charitable voluntary organisation that runs nurseries and Children’s Centres in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we are looking to recruit:

Early Years Nursery Assistant (Level 2) at Margaret Bondfield Nursery SE18 7LB.

Applicants must have a minimum of 1 year’s direct work with children in an Early Years or community setting and hold a Level 2 in childcare.  The successful applicants will be team players and passionate about making a difference to children’s lives.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays per annum (3 of which to be taken during December closure)
Sickness benefits depending on length of service. We offer an auto enrolment pension and an Employee Assistance Scheme.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent 37.5 hours per week

Salary range: £27,339.00 – £28,158.00

Closing Date for Applications: 5pm Thursday 2nd April 2026

Application cover letter
Job Description and Person Specification
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy
Application Form

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