The role
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is:£47,043 - £54,135
The Role:
The EFH and Missing Team is a specialist systemic team embedded within Children’s Social Care. The team’s work primarily focuses on children and young people aged 11 to 17 year olds who are at risk of extra-familial harm. The Team works with our statutory and non-statutory social care teams and the wider multi-agency partnership to lead and develop the whole Borough response to children at risk of exploitation and harm outside the home, contextual safeguarding, and those children and young people who go missing from home and care.
The team is overseen by a Team Manager within a small tightly supervised unit. Intervention and support derives from a clear process of systemic analysis including access to a clinical practitioner
About You
As the EFH Practice Lead, you will need to be ambitious for yourself, our services and most importantly our children, young people and their families.
We are accepting applications from qualified social workers currently employed within any area of Southwark Children’s Social Care. In order to apply you will need to be a permanent employee with at least two years of post-qualifying experience.
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise, which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
Application Details
This post is open to the following types of applicants: Internal Only
Please provide supporting statement that explains why you want to join the EFH and Missing Team at this stage of your journey in social work practice and what knowledge, skills, and experience you will bring to the role..
This should be no more than one side of a A4 page.
If you would like to know more information or a preliminary discussion please contact Ahmed Osman on ahmed.osman@southwark.gov.uk or Koren Wallis on koren.wallis@southwark.gov.uk
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Application Closing Date: 11:59 PM on 23rd January 2024
Interview Date: 1st February 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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