Safer Spaces Practitioner

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

32 days annual leave + 8 public hols +

Extra day at Christmas

Remote/office blend

Season ticket loan

Career development and training

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and leisure discounts

Job summary

Enfield Council invites applications for a Safer Spaces Practitioner to join the Family Help Partnership Hub. The role focuses on trauma-informed consultation and time-limited direct work to support children affected by domestic abuse, in collaboration with social workers and family help lead practitioners.

Salary range SO2 and a clear commitment to child-centred assessment, planning and intervention. The post involves contributing to whole-family plans and providing guidance on engagement

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and trauma-informed practice.
• Ability to work within multi-agency settings.
• Strong communication and liaison skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed consultation to family help case holdings practitioners.
• Direct, time-limited work to strengthen family help responses for children affected by domestic abuse.
• Contribute to single, whole-family plans ensuring children’s voices are central.
• Support non-technical staff with guidance on trauma-informed engagement.

Job description

Join Enfield’s Transformative Children’s Services

Enfield are looking to recruit a Safer Spaces Practitioner to join our newly established integrated multi-agency wrap around Family Help Partnership Hub.

Safer Spaces Practitioner Full -Time Salary Range SO2 £41,511 - £43,449

The Family Help Partnership Hub provides integrated, multi-disciplinary specialist support to family help teams, enabling earlier intervention, strengthening whole family working, and preventing escalation to statutory social care.

The Safer Spaces Practitioner role has been developed to ensure Enfield’s family help response is child centred, trauma informed and aligned with national best practice, strengthening the visibility of children affected by domestic abuse within assessment, planning and intervention.

The Safer Spaces Practitioner is a specialist practitioner who provides trauma‑informed consultation and time limited direct work to strengthen family help responses for children affected by domestic abuse with a focus on trauma informed recovery support.

Working alongside social workers and family help lead practitioners the postholder will contribute to single, whole‑family plans, ensuring the voice, experience and needs of children and young people are central to assessment, planning and intervention.

The Safer Spaces Practitioner will provide specialist consultation to family help case holding practitioners on the impact of domestic abuse on children’s emotional wellbeing, behaviour and development, and share guidance around trauma informed, age-appropriate approaches to engagement.

We are looking for enthusiastic and able Safer Spaces Practitioner who can demonstrate a good understanding of the diverse needs of children and show experience of being involved in applying a strength-based approach to supporting children affected by domestic abuse.

This is a great opportunity to join an excellent service that works together to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people. Our leadership culture is grounded in openness, learning and shared responsibility, with a commitment to supporting staff with their wellbeing, alongside professional development and achieving best practice. You will be joining a service that has high standards, values professional curiosity, collective accountability and innovation, creating the conditions for everyone to do their best work to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

Enfield is committed to supporting staff to develop their skills and as such offers a comprehensive induction and a bespoke training programme available to everyone. You will receive high-quality support from an experienced manager and given opportunities to contribute to service developments.

Enfield’s Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best, delivering high-quality case work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information, please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/

“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment”.

For further information please contact: Anne Stoker Director of Transformation: Children’s Services at [e-mail].

Closing date for applications is 11th October 2026. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Debola Olufon at [e-mail].

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once enough applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification, which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.

• A blend of remote and office-based working for most roles.

• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.

• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.

• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.

• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, to find out more.