National House Project Lead

- Proven leadership in project development and delivery.

- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to work relationally with young people and collaboratively with professionals.

Youll be:
- Committed to co-production and youth empowerment.
- Skilled in assessing young peoples needs holistically and safeguarding effectively.
- Able to work flexibly creatively and tenaciously to achieve positive outcomes.
- Comfortable with a physically active role including participation in group activities and residential trips.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the delivery of the House Project in Newham management of facilitators.
- Work directly with young people to co-design and deliver the programme.
- Build and maintain partnerships with housing education employment and health services.
- Ensure ongoing support for young people post-move-in to sustain tenancies and promote wellbeing.
- Promote youth voice and participation at every stage of the project.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Ability to form positive trusting relationships with young people.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience of multi-agency working and partnership development.
- Understanding of trauma-informed practice and child development.
- Ability to travel independently across the borough.

WHY WORK WITH US

Newham is a vibrant dynamic culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. Weve been working hard to make Newham a great place to work.

• A commitment to addressing disproportionality wherever we find it.

• Were outstanding local authority.

• We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and families are supported.

• Stability: 100% of senior management and 80% of Team Managers are now permanent.

• Our firmly established practice model Circles of Supportwas recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Childrens Services and allows systemic restorative practice to flourish.

• Career progression is possible with Newham; within Childrens social work we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023 and 38 colleagues in 2024.

• Social Care Academy our academy received significant praise from Ofsted and 50+ social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020.

• A competitive salary package that rivals capped agency pay.

• Oyster card/parking permit for business use.

• Wellbeing service leisure and discount benefits

• Travel season ticket loan cycle scheme Local Authority pension.

TO APPLY

To apply please submit your CV through our online recruitment portal.

Please attach your supporting statement explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

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Closing date: 1/03/2026 at 23:59

Interviews: week commencing 16/03/2026 onwards

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Childrens Services with one of our managers please contact @

IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.