Social Worker – Adolescent Safeguarding Team

Ardent Social Ltd; Dudley; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Social Ltd in Dudley, UK, is seeking an experienced Social Worker to join the Adolescent Safeguarding Team on a temporary/full-time basis.

You will work with teenagers experiencing complex safeguarding risks, including exploitation and trauma, delivering focused interventions and supporting multi‑agency collaboration.

This role emphasizes court work, risk assessment, and trauma-informed practice to achieve positive outcomes for young people.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker status.
• Strong safeguarding experience.
• Experience with adolescents and complex safeguarding risks.
• Experience of court work.
• Experience of working with exploitation.
• Ability to work in a multi-agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Adolescent safeguarding: work with teenagers facing complex safeguarding risks.
• Exploitation: support young people affected by exploitation.
• Court Work: apply court experience within complex adolescent safeguarding cases.
• Risk Assessment: conduct risk assessments to safeguard effectively.
• Trauma-Informed Practice: apply trauma-informed approaches.
• Multi-Agency Working: collaborate with specialist teams to safeguard outcomes.

Skills

Safeguarding experience

Court work

Multi-agency working

Adolescent risk

Trauma-informed practice

Education

Qualified Social Worker status

Job description

Social Worker - Adolescent Safeguarding Team

• Location
• Job Type

Dudley

Contract

• Up to £41.00 per hour
• Consultant
• Contact
• Reference
• Ashish Pattni
• 02081563358
• 1194

Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker - Adolescent Safeguarding Team
Specialism: Children's Services
Location: Dudley, UK
Salary: Up to £41.00 Per Hour
Type: Temporary / Full Time

We are seeking an experienced Social Worker to join a specialist Adolescent Safeguarding Service in Dudley. This role offers an opportunity to work with teenagers experiencing complex risks, including exploitation, trauma and disrupted relationships.

The service is seeking experienced social workers with strong backgrounds in court work, safeguarding and adolescent risk to support its specialist multi-agency teams.

What you will do

Adolescent Safeguarding: Work with teenagers experiencing complex safeguarding risks, providing effective social work intervention and support.

Exploitation: Support young people affected by exploitation and other complex safeguarding concerns.

Court Work: Apply your experience of court work within complex adolescent safeguarding cases.

Risk Assessment: Work effectively with adolescents experiencing complex risks, ensuring safeguarding remains central to practice.

Trauma-Informed Practice: Work with young people affected by trauma and disrupted relationships, applying appropriate social work approaches.

Multi-Agency Working: Work collaboratively within specialist multi-agency teams to support safeguarding and positive outcomes for young people.

What you will need

• Qualified Social Worker status.
• Strong experience in safeguarding.
• Experience working with adolescents and complex safeguarding risks.
• Experience of court work.
• Experience of working with exploitation.
• Understanding of adolescent risk.
• Experience working with young people affected by trauma and disrupted relationships.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-agency environment.

Why Dudley

Dudley provides an opportunity to work within a specialist Adolescent Safeguarding Service focused on supporting teenagers experiencing complex risks, including exploitation, trauma and disrupted relationships. Working as part of a specialist multi-agency service, you will contribute to safeguarding practice focused on supporting vulnerable adolescents and responding to complex risks.