Children Services Practitioner Level 3 (Social Work Qualified)

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading child protection charity in Camden, London is seeking an enthusiastic social worker to join their team at The Lighthouse. The role involves delivering therapeutic interventions and support to children affected by sexual abuse, working collaboratively with families and various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in planning and delivering programs, along with knowledge of child protection legislation. This position is integral to developed innovative support systems across families during challenging times.

Qualifications

• Practitioner with ability to plan and deliver programmes with individuals and families.
• Knowledge of legislation and best practice related to child protection.
• Experience in evaluating the effectiveness of practice.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver appropriate programmes of work with individuals, families, and groups.
• Identify risk and child protection intervention experiences.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of practice.

Skills

Program planning and delivery

Child protection knowledge

Evaluation of practice effectiveness

Job description

Overview

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

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

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 delivers the 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 have been 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.

Responsibilities

Plan and deliver appropriate programmes of work with individuals, families and groups; identify risk and experience of child protection intervention; evaluate the effectiveness of practice.

Qualifications

A practitioner with the ability to plan and deliver 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.

Contact

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