Social Worker (Contextual Safeguarding)

Social Worker

Children Social Care - Contextual Safeguarding / Risk Outside the Home Service

PO2/PO3: £44,937pa rising in annual increments to £51,228pa incl. LW

Plus £1000 Welcome Payment and £1000 pa Market Supplement

Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid Work- minimum 2 days a week in the office.

About Us

Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Stretching from the dynamic neighbourhood of Streatham in the South to the iconic landmarks of Waterloo in the North, we are proud to be the 9th largest borough in London. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London's largest LGBTQ+ community, and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community.

It is an exciting time to join Lambeth Council, we have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth’s communities and residents through ourLambeth 2030 Plan ‘Our Future, Our Lambeth.

With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment.

Please have a look at our dedicated One Lambeth Values and Behaviours page.

About the team

We are working hard to make Lambeth to be one of the safest places for children, young people and young adults to grow, develop and thrive. We know that risk outside of the home is one of the biggest challenges we face and we are looking for a committed, experienced and enthusiastic Social Worker to join our Support Team.

This is a unique opportunity to help us deliver our vision and be part of an energetic driving force for improving our responses to children, young people and young adults at risk of harm outside the home, throughout the Local Authority and safeguarding partnership. Along with our partners we are moving at pace towards embedding a Contextual Safeguarding Approach to children in the borough, and this is an exciting time to join the Service. Our recent Ofsted report recognised the positive steps we are making in this area and there is real momentum to drive forward change.

The role will be in the Support Team which is a dynamic team of both experience Social Workers and Youth Workers and will provide at the earliest possible opportunity an assessment of need, direct intervention and support to children and young people referred into Children’ Social Care where there is risk outside of the home. You will be experienced in both front-line Social Work and have a good knowledge of Contextual Safeguarding, and confident in underpinning your work with a trauma informed and systemic approach.

About the role

The Social Workers within the Support Team are core roles within our Contextual Safeguarding/ Risk outside the home Service and we are looking for experienced and qualified social workers to join us. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate a passion for working in this field and have experience of successfully engaging children and young people. Your strengths will lie in being able to walk alongside children and young people who are at risk of or experiencing exploitation or serious violence and build trusted relationships to deliver the work to keep them safe.

The postholder will need the confidence and credibility to work with multiple stakeholders, build strong partnerships to meet the needs and expectations of a diverse borough.

You will have experience of completing assessments and producing dynamic plans which seek to reduce risk to young people. In this role you will both case hold and have the opportunity to undertake direct work with children with children and young people across the borough where there is risk outside of the home.

How to Apply:

To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked “A” for application:

Job Description and Person Specification

You will also need to demonstrate your experience and knowledge of risk outside of the home in your supporting statement.

We operate an anonymised application process, so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement.

Advert Closing Date: 24th of May at midnight

Please click here to view: Lambeth Staff Benefits

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs

In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here https://www.cifas.org.uk/

Contact Information:

For further information and an informal conversation please contact Service Manager Kath Hunt at khunt@lambeth.gov.uk

At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. For a full list of our accreditations, please clickhere.