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Salary £39,152 – £44,075 per year

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Region Permanent / Full-Time

Job category/type Children's Services, Social Services, Social Work/Care

Reading Borough Council is looking for a skilled and passionate Contextual Safeguarding Social Worker to join our Extra Familial HarmTeam.

This is a senior and influential role focused on driving forward contextual safeguarding practice across the service. You’ll play a key part in shifting the focus from individual interventions to understanding and addressing risks in peer groups, schools, neighbourhoods, and online environments.

Working closely with partners and internal teams, you will lead on contextual assessments, influence multi-agency decision-making, and support practiti...