Multi-Agency Child Protection Team Lead London

Job summary

CLCH is seeking a Registered Nurse, Midwife or Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner to lead Health's contribution to the Families First Partnership Programme and Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) across Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea.

This Band 8a role offers an opportunity to shape how health contributes to integrated support and safeguarding for children, young people and families. Based within the Multi-Agency Hub/MACPT, you will provide expert clinical advice, strengthen health's contribution to multi-agency decision-making and help drive service development and improvement.

You will:

• Provide senior health leadership across the Family Help and MACPT model.
• Advise on complex safeguarding and child protection matters.
• Influence strategy, policy, practice and workforce development.
• Build effective partnerships across health, social care, education, police and other agencies.
• Support quality assurance, learning and continuous improvement.

You will bring your professional expertise to a collaborative environment where your leadership can make a meaningful difference to outcomes for children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

• Lead Health's contribution to the Family Help and MACPT model, ensuring health needs and perspectives are embedded in multi-agency practice.
• Act as the lead health professional within safeguarding forums, providing expert clinical advice and professional challenge where appropriate.
• Contribute to complex safeguarding and child protection assessment, planning and decision-making.
• Develop strong working relationships with children's social care, education, primary and acute care, police and wider safeguarding partners.
• Lead and support service transformation, quality improvement and effective implementation of change.
• Influence policy, procedures, practice and workforce development to strengthen safeguarding arrangements.
• Lead quality assurance activity, including audit, learning reviews and implementation of identified improvements.
• Use evidence, professional expertise and partnership working to promote better outcomes for children, young people and families.

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Details

• Date posted: 10 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 824-INNER-8263249
• Job locations: Soho Centre for Health, Firth Street, London, W1D 3QS, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Applicants are expected to present clear and relevant evidence of the competencies and responsibilities detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, together with a demonstrated commitment to the Trusts values of Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Educated to degree level / master's or have equivalent experience.
• Evidence safeguarding children's competency Level 3 and post registration education/ training in safeguarding children.
• Evidence of continuing professional development with relevant further qualifications

Desirable

• SCHPN Health Visitor/ School nursing
• Educated or working towards a master's degree in relevant field.
• Level 4 safeguarding children's competencies

Experience

Essential

• Experience of undertaking learning reviews and implementing changes in practice
• Experience of developing guidelines, policy, and procedures
• Experience of developing guidelines, policy, and procedures
• Ability to present complex information effectively in a format easily understood
• Experience of implementing change management and/ or projects.
• Evidence safeguarding children's competency Level 3 and post registration education/ training in safeguarding children.
• Evidence of MASH/Social care experience

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• A good Understanding/ knowledge or experience of the Families First Partnership reforms
• Knowledge of multi-agency and multi-professional working
• Detailed knowledge of key statutory responsibilities and national policy regarding children's services, vulnerable children, and safeguarding

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.