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Advanced Practitioner (Family Help Lead Practitioner x2) REF: 2965

PO5: £43,308 pa rising in annual increments to £45,852 inc LW.  

12Month Secondment Opportunity/ Fixed Term Contract and Full Time

Hybrid Working

Champion Excellent Practice. Support Families. Develop Others.

We are seeking an experienced Advanced Social Work Practitioner to take a key leadership role within our Family Help Team.

The Family Help Lead Practitioner will provide professional guidance, modelling and support to colleagues while working directly with children and families experiencing complex needs.

About the Role:

You will:

•    Lead and model high-quality Family Help practice
•    Support practice development across the team
•    Provide mentoring, coaching and guidance to colleagues
•    Undertake direct work with children and families
•    Coordinate support plans and multi-agency interventions
•    Promote strengths-based and restorative approaches

About You

You will:

•    Have significant social work experience working with children and families
•    Be recognised for your strong practice skills
•    Understand safeguarding, contextual factors and family resilience
•    Have experience of multi-agency working
•    Be passionate about supporting colleagues to develop and succeed

This is an opportunity to influence practice standards while maintaining meaningful direct work with families.

Family Help is about building on strengths, creating opportunities and working alongside families to achieve sustainable change. If you share our ambition to deliver excellent support and improve outcomes for children and young people, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us and help shape the future of Family Help within the Families First Programme.

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

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

Recruitment Timelines:

Advert close date: 23:55pm on 9th of August 2026

Please click here to view: Lambeth Staff Benefits

Contact Information:

For an informal discussion, please contact: Manyara Walker, on mwalker1@lambeth.gov.uk

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for a Enhance 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

You will be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here Cifas

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 click here.