Early Help practice lead– Amber Service – Contextual Safeguarding

Can you provide intensive support to young people and their families who have been criminally or sexually exploited? This is an exciting opportunity to join the Amber Service where you will be working alongside both established and new specialist multi-agency services with the aim to deliver different ways of working with young people as part of Sheffield’s response to contextual safeguarding.

The Amber Service is a multi-agency team, including police, health and social workers, working with young people, their families and professionals to educate and support around individuals who are identified at high risk of, or involved in, sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, organised crime and grooming . We have combined both the statutory child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation social work teams.

You will be working as part of an experienced supportive and dynamic team using a strengths-based approach. Our workers ‘get alongside’ families to help them identify what it is they want to change and why, and then build sustainable plans for change. As an Early Help practice lead you will have the opportunity to achieve positive and sustainable changes in children’s lives.

You will need to demonstrate a passion for working with children and young people. This role can be challenging however very rewarding. You will be working alongside other professionals as part of a team providing a range of different interventions for children, young people and families. This includes targeted and specialist interventions to young people (up to the age of 21) and families including groups, individual support, and by providing information and support to communities, parents and professionals.

You will need to :

Be passionate about working with children and young people and be able to quickly build up relationships based on trust and respect
Have previous experience of working with children and young people
Be able to engage with carers and families who may have complex needs
Be creative, resilient and have a 'can do' confident approach
Be a committed 'team player', working with other to help achieve the best outcomes for families
Be able to travel to meet the requirements of the post

You will be supported with excellent training and regular supervisions.

Further information: Teresa.Wheeler@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our New job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council | Sheffield City Council