Location
Town Hall – Whitechapel Road, London

Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£58,551 - £61,686 plus Zones 2+3 travel allowance

About the Role
Are you a dynamic and experienced social worker passionate about improving outcomes for children and families? Tower Hamlets is seeking a visionary Children’s Interfaith Safeguarding Co-ordinator to support the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service in assisting our faith and religious communities in fulfilling their safeguarding responsibilities. This unique role offers the opportunity to develop skills beyond the usual social work remit and provides valuable networking opportunities within the community. You will be actively involved in the ongoing development of this position within Children’s Services.

As the Children’s Interfaith Safeguarding Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for establishing and nurturing relationships between faith and belief groups in Tower Hamlets and statutory services to promote best safeguarding practices. You will support these groups in understanding their statutory responsibilities by providing information on safeguarding children, including raising awareness about preventing radicalisation, extremism, private fostering, and honour-based violence.

Key responsibilities include acting in an advisory capacity to support faith groups in delivering training, awareness raising, and improving safeguarding practices alongside social workers, partner agencies, and Early Help. You will also support the Local Authority Designated Officer in cases where allegations are made against staff in faith-based organisations and ensure these organisations are kept informed of lessons learned from Child Practice Safeguarding Reviews, local reviews, and multi-agency audits.

Please note: You will be expected to be office based at the Town Hall at least 3 days per week.

Experience
- Qualified and experienced social worker with a minimum of 3 years post-qualifying experience in statutory Children’s Social Care.
- Proven experience working in multicultural environments and with disadvantaged communities.
- Strong understanding of legislation, safeguarding, and best practice frameworks.

About you
- Passionate about empowering children and families to find safe solutions, aiming to keep children at home or within their wider family network.
- Committed to the TOWER values: Together, Open, Willing, Excellent, Respect and Supporting Families framework.
- Able to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse faith and belief groups and statutory services.

Qualifications
- Professional social work qualification required.
- Relevant safeguarding training and experience in children’s services essential.