Project Support Officer

Join the Adolescent Early Support Team (a 12 months pilot)

Help Us Change the Story for Adolescents

Some young people face increasing challenges long before they meet the threshold for statutory intervention.

They may be disengaging from education, experiencing family conflict, becoming vulnerable to exploitation, going missing, associating with risky peer groups, struggling with emotional wellbeing, or becoming involved in low-level offending behaviour. Too often, support comes only after risks have become entrenched.

The Adolescent Early Support Team is a prevention and engagement service for young people aged 11-18, designed to intervene at the point of emerging risk and prevent escalation into crisis or statutory services. Through assertive outreach, trusted relationships and adolescent-centred practice, we support young people to reconnect with education, strengthen family relationships and access positive pathways.

The team will operate as Lambeth's adolescent prevention, early support and engagement service, providing intensive, relationship-based support to adolescents who may not engage with traditional services. The team may offer some services out of hours and during weekends.

Our work is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, strengths-based and rooted in contextual safeguarding principles. Crucially for this team, we are also investing in a researcher role to help us understand how we shape the improvements and how we can locally arrange our adolescent services offer in ways that prevent crisis intervention.

Why Join Us? • Help shape an innovative new service from the outset • Work within a research-led, adolescent-focused model • Deliver meaningful early intervention and prevention • Be part of a multi-disciplinary team • Influence system changes and improve outcomes for young people • Contribute to a service that aims to reduce harm, inequality and escalation into higher-level services

Supporting Excellence Behind the Scenes.

This role provides the vital administrative and coordination support that enables the team to operate effectively.

You will:

Provide comprehensive business support to the service

Coordinate meetings, reports and documentation

Support performance monitoring and data collection

Maintain accurate records and systems

Assist with finance, procurement and service administration

Support service development and project delivery

About You

Have strong organisational skills

Be confident using digital systems and databases

Work accurately and efficiently

Have excellent communication skills

Thrive in a fast-paced environment

The Adolescent Early Support Team is more than a new service. It is an opportunity to redesign how we support young people at the point where timely intervention can make the greatest difference.

If you believe in the power of relationships, early intervention and adolescent-focused practice, we would love to hear from you.

Join us in helping young people stay safe, stay connected and realise their potential.

How to Apply:

To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked “A” for application:

Project Support Officer JD & PS

We operate an anonymised application process, so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement.

Recruitment Timelines:

Advert close date: 11:59pm on 8th November 2026

Please click here to view: Lambeth Staff Benefits

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced/Standard/Basic Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs

You will be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here Cifas

Contact Information:

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Manyara Walker [email protected]

At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. For a full list of our accreditations, please click here.