Lead Child Protection Practitioner
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£33.30 per hour Umbrella in line with MOU rates
Full time 37 hours per week
Hybrid Make a Lasting Difference in Children's Lives
We are seeking an exceptional Lead Child Protection Practitioner to join our team. This is a rewarding and challenging opportunity for an experienced social worker who is passionate about safeguarding children and committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
As a recognised expert in child protection, you will play a pivotal role in supporting high-quality safeguarding practice across the service. You will lead on complex child protection cases, provide professional guidance to colleagues, and work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure children at risk of significant harm receive timely and effective intervention.
This role is ideal for a confident, resilient and highly skilled practitioner who can make sound professional judgements, apply threshold decisions effectively, and provide constructive challenge where required.
About the Role
As a Lead Child Protection Practitioner, you will manage a caseload of child protection matters, including high-risk and complex cases involving children at risk of significant harm. You will work alongside and support social workers and other professionals, offering expert advice and guidance to strengthen safeguarding decision-making across multi-agency partnerships.
You will take a lead role in child protection processes, including Section 47 enquiries, children subject to Child Protection Plans, and children involved in pre-proceedings. You will also contribute to key safeguarding decisions and support practitioners to continue effective work with families where significant harm has been identified.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a recognised expert in child protection practice across social work teams and multi-agency partnerships.
- Lead and support investigations where children are at risk of significant harm.
- Manage a caseload of complex and high-risk safeguarding cases.
- Undertake and oversee Section 47 enquiries, Child Protection Plans and pre-proceedings work.
- Provide expert advice, consultation and professional challenge to practitioners and partner agencies.
- Support and co-work with social workers, including less experienced practitioners, to develop confidence, knowledge and decision-making.
- Complete high-quality assessments, reports and court documentation within required timescales. xgikmsk
- Present evidence and recommendations at court hearings, child protection conferences, statutory reviews and other professional forums.
- Maintain accurate and timely case records in line with statutory requirements, policies and...
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