Social Worker, Family Advocacy & Support Services

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we are recruiting to the exciting role social worker (unprogressed and progressed) – to support our family help & safeguarding service. Bring your expertise, confidence and curiosity to the frontline, and make a real impact every day.

you’ll take the lead on meaningful work with children and families, collaborating closely with partners to deliver high quality, integrated support. As part of our families first approach, you’ll help drive earlier, relational and restorative practice that strengthens families and improves outcomes across the whole system.

• take the lead on meaningful work with children and families.
• collaborate closely with partners to deliver high quality, integrated support.
• help drive earlier, relational and restorative practice that strengthens families and improves outcomes across the whole system.

• social workers who have successfully completed their asye for this role.

the ambition for child protection in newcastle is for families to receive the right support at the right time and at the first time from the right people to ensure children are kept safe. Child protection is underpinned by relational practice between partner agencies and families. In newcastle, we have established a safeguarding delivery service and a multi‑agency child protection team which provides a seamless service when children are at risk of or have suffered significant harm.

within our safeguarding delivery service and multiagency child protection team there is a range of skills and experience delivered by social workers, overseen by experienced team managers with the support of child protection lead practitioners with collaboration between partner agencies such as police, health and education. Our aim is to provide a proportionate multi‑agency response to harm.

the ambition for family help in newcastle is for families to receive the right support at the right time and at the first time from the right people. The level of support can vary depending on the needs of the family. Family help is underpinned by relational practice. In newcastle, we have established a family help service which provides a seamless service throughout the targeted early help and child in need spectrum.

within family help there is a range of skills and experience delivered by family help key workers and social workers which encompasses our family help lead practitioners. Support is also provided by family support workers who can deliver specific help to families. Family help in newcastle is locality‑based, means that professional relationships are established to support families and encompasses 8 locality‑based family help teams.

Family help lead practitioners within the family help service come from a variety of disciplines who lead and coordinate support for families. Family help lead practitioners will work with families to build strong relationships based on respect and work in a strengths‑based way, recognising that families, and family networks, will often have solutions to their own challenges.

if you’re interested in this role or any other opportunities with children & families newcastle, we’d love to meet you at our recruitment day on 24 february 2026. Drop in for a relaxed chat over coffee and cake between 8.00–9.00 am, 1.00–2.00 pm, or 5.00–6.30 pm at partnership house, regent centre, gosforth, newcastle upon tyne, ne3 4pl.

we’re not just a local authority. We’re a city with ambition, heart, and a bold vision for children. At children & families newcastle, we’re building something special: a service rooted in relationships, restorative practice, and real impact. We have been judged good with outstanding areas by ofsted — and we’re not…