Children Services Practitioner Level 3

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization for child protection in London is seeking an enthusiastic social worker to deliver therapeutic interventions to children affected by sexual abuse. The successful candidate will work closely with families, collaborate with a range of partners, and engage in service evaluation and development projects. This role offers manageable caseloads and excellent training opportunities, making it an exciting time to join a dynamic team committed to ending cruelty to children.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with planning and intervention in family dynamics.
• Knowledge of child protection legislation and best practices.
• Ability to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic interventions to children affected by sexual abuse.
• Work collaboratively with families and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to service evaluation and strategy development.

Skills

Planning and delivering programmes

Identification of risk

Child protection intervention experience

Up-to-date knowledge of legislation

Evaluation of practice effectiveness

Job description

1 x FTE and 1 X 0.4 FTE (2 days)

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the NSPCC (Camden) - Alexandra Ciardi House in London for an enthusiastic and dynamic social worker to join the team.

The NSPCC delivers services within The Lighthouse in Camden, the UK's first Child House. This multi-disciplinary innovative service provides physical and emotional health assessment, criminal justice and advocacy support and a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people, following the disclosure of sexual abuse.

Within The Lighthouse, NSPCC deliver our Letting the Future In (LTFI) service that includes:

• An Assessment of Therapeutic Need


• Intervention to the child or young person who has been sexually abused, where appropriate


• Work with parents/carers to support children through their interventions


• Bespoke interventions with siblings who impacted by their sister/brother's abuse.

This whole family approach reflects the impact that child sexual abuse can have within a family.

The role also involves some work in partnership with our co-located harmful sexual behaviour team with whom we are piloting an innovative service. You will join at a critical time to contribute to our sibling sexual harm and abuse service, Stepping Stones, which is unique in providing a whole family approach to sibling sexual harm. We work with children who have caused harm, those who have been harmed, non-involved siblings and their parents/carers.

We are looking for:

A practitioner with the ability to plan and deliver appropriate programmes of work with individuals, families and groups, the ability to identify risk and experience of child protection intervention as well as up to date knowledge of legislation, research and best practice; and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of their own practice?

This is an exciting time for the NSPCC, with staff at all levels engaging in a range of new projects and developments. You will have a manageable caseload and excellent training and development opportunities.

Would you like to contribute to service development not only in terms of direct work but also be able to get involved in evaluation, influencing and dissemination of learning and have the opportunity to be part of an exciting new strategy to help end cruelty to children?

For an informal discussion please contact Valerie Charles, Partnerships Service Manager, [e-mail] or Jenna De Freitas, Acting Team Manager, [e-mail].

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