Peer Group Practitioner

Salary details:
Starting salary baseline 33,545

Permanent

Full-time

Hybrid

Safer London provides consistent, trauma-informed support to children, young people and parents/carers who’ve already experienced harm. Through specialist one-to-one support we support them move from crisis to stability, and from harm to hope.

We support young Londoners affected by a range of harms, including criminal exploitation, sexual exploitation and sexual violence, violence in the community and peer-to-peer harm. Our work happens in the community - wherever the young Londoner feels safe and comfortable. This could be a school, park, café, or another safe place.

Each child or young person is matched with a caseworker based on their unique needs and circumstances. They meet with them weekly and support typically lasts between 6 months and 18 months, but support can last for as long as needed.

Each intervention is tailored to the young Londoner's identity, experiences and needs, and may focus on safety planning, emotional wellbeing, healthy peer relationships and family dynamics. We also help young Londoners access education, training, employment opportunities, and safe, stable housing.

Through our work, we are helping young Londoners heal, rebuild and move forward - so they can live safer lives and have the positive futures they deserve.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering peer group interventions to young Londoners and their peers who have been impacted by violence, exploitation and harm. The role combines direct delivery of peer-group interventions and some group work, alongside development activity to design, test, refine and embed safe, effective group‑based models aligned with Safer London’s values, contextual safeguarding framework and strategic priorities.

You will develop, plan and facilitate trauma-responsive peer interventions and group work sessions as well as adapt group content, informed by individual needs, strengths and identities of the young Londoners you are working with. You will also support with monitoring and evaluating the service, using these findings and feedback to inform service development.

At Safer London we work as one team across the entire organisation. This cohesive working allows us to realise our vision of helping to create a safer city for everyone who lives here. We choose to invest heavily in our direct practice work, with practitioner Caseworkers making up the majority of Safer London’s workforce. Safer London’s Caseworkers are supported by a team of practice managers and safeguarding professionals.

We have Caseworkers who are Specialists and Experts in the following areas:

Violence and exploitation

Sexual violence

Neurodiversity and SEND

Harmful Sexual Behaviours

Families (parents and carers)

Education, training and employment

At Safer London we encourage a culture of shared learning and collaborative working. We work together to support the presenting needs of the young Londoners and families we work with. Our work is grounded in the AMBIT approach of working, with the team working to the AMBIT principle of mentalisation.

Collaborative working with multiple different external organisations and agencies is critical in this role. In order to effectively safeguard and address the complex challenges faced by young Londoners, you will be required to work alongside a variety of professionals, each with their unique expertise. By fostering effective communication and information sharing, multi-agency working allows for:

Enhancing the effectiveness of safeguarding for young Londoners and their families.

Early intervention and prevention of potential risks.

Providing a holistic understanding of a young Londoner's situation.

Creating a coordinated effort that prevents duplication of work and ensures resources are used efficiently.

If the practice team is the beating heart of Safer London, then the central resources team are the brain. Encompassing finance, HR, data, governance, fundraising, communications, learning and development and data management, these individuals work hard to make sure Safer London is operating to the highest…