Child and Family Practitioner / ChISVA - NO SOCIAL WORK QUAL REQUIRED
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46419.00 - £55046.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, NW1 2BU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9309-26-0319 |
Summary
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. ... continued from above. You will contribute to integrated MDT assessments, support the creation and review of personalised safety plans and promote strong interagency communication throughout the childs involvement with the Lighthouse. You will help families engage with longer-term community services when appropriate, ensuring smooth transitions and continuity of care. Using your expertise in the impact of child sexual abuse and trauma, you will offer direct interventions that promote recovery, resilience and psychological safety. This post also supports the Lighthouses wider mission to influence national best practice through the Barnahus model. You may contribute to training, community education and professional development, and if required, provide evidence in court to support a childs case. About youYou will bring substantial experience in safeguarding and direct work with children and families, sound knowledge of trauma-informed practice, and confidence working in a busy, emotionally demanding environment. You will value reflective supervision, psychological safety and effective partnership working, and you will be comfortable engaging in both formal processes and collaborative, relationship-based approaches to practice. Main duties of the role Provide consistent, trauma-informed support throughout their recovery and ensuring that their voice and lived experience guide every stage of the criminal justice and care pathway. Support the Lighthouse duty system, providing early safeguarding advice and ensuring that any risks or concerns are appropriately escalated to the Consultant Social Worker. Serve as the central point of coordination for the child, young person and their family, promoting clear communication, strengthening family engagement and enabling effective partnership working with police, social care, therapy providers and wider agencies. Manage a busy, varied caseload, balancing competing priorities and maintaining high standards of organisation, documentation and professional practice. Take a proactive approach to identifying barriers in the childs justice or recovery journey, problem solving issues and acting as the familys main point of contact for advocacy, emotional support and information. Ensure that children, young people and carers receive clear, timely and accessible information about what to expect from the criminal justice process, including police procedures, ABE interviews etc. Provide advice that supports informed decision making, ensuring that children and their families understand their rights, options and available support at all stages of their involvement with the Lighthouse. Participate in multidisciplinary Lighthouse assessments and contribute to integrated care planning, ensuring that clinical, legal and emotional needs are considered holistically. Develop, review and implement safety plans for children and their families that are aligned with safeguarding legislation, pan-London child protection procedures and established best practice in CSA response. Support families to overcome practical and emotional barriers to accessing recommended services, ensuring smooth transitions into therapy, community provision or advocacy support as required. Use specialist knowledge of child sexual abuse and trauma to deliver direct interventions that build resilience, support emotional stabilisation and promote recovery for children and safe carers. Provide ChISVA-informed expertise on the impact of CSA and the criminal justice process, working collaboratively with police, social workers, prosecutors and therapeutic partners on joint planning, reviews and coordinated interventions. Contribute to the Lighthouses wider mission to strengthen national practice through the Barnahus model, supporting service innovation, research and the development of integrated CSA pathways. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* *UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?