Children's Services Practitioner (Social Worker)

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Closing Date:

1 May 2026

Closing Date:

1 May 2026

• Annually:£34,582 - £38,425 and Inner London Weighting allowance of £3,366 per annum.
• Region:London and South East
• Location:London (Camden) - Alexandra Ciardi House
• Department:Local Services
• Vacancy Type:Fixed Term
• Working hours per week:35
• Duration of Fixed Term:9 months
• Closing Date:1 May 2026

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children and families? If the answer it's yes, being aChildren's Services Practitioner - Social Worker could be exactly what you're looking for. 

Join a team that is in the frontline in protecting children and young people 

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.

Our teams in Services are our frontline and the heart of our mission to end child abuse. We work directly with children, families, and professionals to prevent child abuse and neglect, and keep children safe.

Whether it's offering expert training, consultation and assessments or delivering life-changing interventions, our Services teams are united by one powerful goal: to keep children safe and help them thrive.

Join us as a Children's Services Practitioner - Social Worker to play your part in delivering our services and do something amazing for children and families.

What's the nature of the service?

• NCATS is in an exciting period, as you will join at a critical time to contribute to our sibling sexual harm and abuse pilot service, Stepping Stones, which is unique in providing a whole family approach to sibling sexual harm. We work with children who have caused harm, those who have been harmed, non-involved siblings and their parents/carers.
• The National Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (NCATS) operates in partnership with the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
• NCATS/Stepping Stones is a multi-disciplinary team comprised of social work, youth justice/probation, clinical psychology and family therapy expertise.
• NCATS/Stepping Stones provides assessments and therapeutic/specialist interventions for children and young people (up to the age of 21) displaying harmful sexual behaviour.
• NCATS/Stepping Stones also provides training and consultation to professionals.

What will you be doing?

• As a Children's Services Practitioner you will provide direct services to children, families, carers or professionals working in an inter-agency context.
• Caseloads are low and cases are co-worked routinely; a range of reflective supervision spaces are available across the team.
• Specialist training will be provided to the successful candidate.

Who are we looking for?

• We are seeking a qualified social worker, or equivalent professional i.e. youth justice/ probation service.
• Previous experience of working with harmful sexual behaviour is not essential but would be valuable, as would direct experience of working with children who have been sexually abused.
• At least two years post-qualification experience is preferred.

NCATS/Stepping Stones is located in Camden, London and the role is predominantly office-based with some hybrid/flexible working and some travel. Stepping Stones interventions are delivered locally to families within north east London boroughs.

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits:

• Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
• Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
• Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
• Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Ready to apply? 

If this is the role for you, please click the button ‘apply' to start your journey. You can find more information on all recruitment stages on the Career page. 

The interview date for this role is Wednesday 6th May 2026.

Still have questions about the role?  

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Bex Darby, Team Manager, bex.darby@nspcc.org.uk

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at-risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

• Policy on storage handling use retention and disposal of DBS PVG and Access NI disclosures (227.92 KB)
• Our Benefits (5.84 MB)
• Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (268.33 KB)
• Safeguarding Statement (455 kB)
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices (943 kB)
• EDI Action Plan (677 kB)
• Becoming Trauma-Informed (3 MB)

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

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Siobhan Walters / Children's Services