Location
Laurence House, Catford SE6, South East London. The office is a 3-5 minute walk from two local train stations, with approximately 15 minutes travel from London Bridge. Numerous bus routes also serve the area. The role operates on a hybrid basis, requiring regular work both in the office and from home.

Hours
Full time (hours not specified)

Salary
£50,175 - £52,269 per annum (SCP 35-37 / SSW). All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point for the grade unless matching current salary with evidential proof.

About the Role
Join the London Borough of Lewisham as a Senior Social Worker within the Family Help South Team, part of the innovative Family Help service. This team provides intensive, multi-disciplinary support to improve the safety and wellbeing of children whose parents or carers are affected by drug or alcohol use. The service offers earlier and easier access to appropriate help, reducing the need for traditional child protection processes. In this role, you will work creatively and collaboratively with children, young people, and their families using relational, trauma-informed, and strength-based approaches. You will deliver high-quality interventions, coordinate multi-agency support, and contribute to reflective practice across the team. Lewisham is a vibrant, culturally diverse borough recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary for championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Experience
- Significant experience working with children and families
- Minimum of 2 years post-qualifying Social Work practice
- Experience managing a frontline safeguarding caseload
- Completing parenting assessments or other assessments of parents regarding child safety and wellbeing for Family Proceedings Court
- Using the Signs of Safety practice framework to structure assessments and interventions
- Completing family network meetings to achieve child safety and wellbeing
- Understanding child protection processes, pre-proceedings, and giving evidence in Family Proceedings Court

About you
- Reflective and innovative approach
- Commitment to anti-racist and restorative practice
- Ability to work under Child in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP), and legal frameworks

Qualifications
- Social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
- Minimum 2 years post-qualified Social Worker status
- Enhanced DBS check required