Social Worker Adolescent Safeguarding

Position: Social Worker Adolescent Safeguarding (Contract)
Locum Social Worker – Court & Exploitation Experience (Dudley Adolescent Safeguarding Service)

EUROPEAN BIZ HEALTHCARE is recruiting on behalf of Dudley’s Adolescent Safeguarding Service, a specialist team working with teenagers facing complex risks including exploitation, trauma, and disrupted relationships. The service is led by Longina and Michelle and offers a collaborative, values-driven environment for experienced social workers who want to make a real impact.

What the Client Offers
Dudley’s Adolescent Safeguarding Service is built around strong partnership working and supportive leadership. Locums joining the team can expect:

* Multi-agency collaboration, working alongside youth workers and police colleagues

* Relationship-based and restorative approaches, using trauma-informed and strengths-based practice

* A service ethos rooted in Ubuntu (“I am because we are”), focusing on connection, empathy and shared humanity in safeguarding work

* Supportive, accessible leadership, with visible managers and daily access for guidance and reflective supervision

* Training and development for locums, including specialist modules on adolescent development, exploitation and trauma recovery

* Modern canal-side office space at Cable Plaza, air-conditioned, with free parking and close to Merry Hill Shopping Centre

* Values-driven senior leadership committed to listening to young people and delivering safeguarding with integrity

What the Client Wants
The client is looking for experienced Locum Social Workers who can confidently manage complex adolescent safeguarding and court-related work, including:

* Strong court work experience (reports, evidence, proceedings)

* Proven safeguarding experience with adolescents at risk

* Knowledge and experience of exploitation, trauma and contextual safeguarding

* Confidence working in a fast-paced, multi-agency setting

* A compassionate, relationship-led approach to practice