Child Protection Chair (Registered Social Worker)

North East Lincolnshire Council; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Grimsby is seeking a qualified Child Protection Chair to lead child protection conferences and support children's welfare. You will work collaboratively with families and various agencies to ensure that children's voices are heard in safeguarding processes. This role offers a generous salary and extensive professional development opportunities, making a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement

Local government pension

Wellbeing support

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Registered and experienced Social Worker with a focus on children's welfare.
• Ability to chair child protection conferences effectively.
• Experience in working collaboratively with multi-agency teams.

Responsibilities

• Chair child protection conferences and ensure effective monitoring of child protection plans.
• Engage with children and families to incorporate their views in planning.
• Liaise with various agencies to support the child protection process.

Skills

Child protection planning

Engagement with families

Multi-agency liaison

Quality assurance monitoring

Education

Registered qualified Social Worker

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about making a difference to children and young people s lives?

Can you champion children and families voices through child protection planning?

Be the difference, make the change.

If you share our vision of ensuring the children of North East Lincolnshire grow up happy and healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them, join our team today as a Child Protection Chair.

Please note: In order to be considered for this role, you must be a registered and qualified Social Worker

What we offer

Salary: Up to £48,710 dependent upon experience

What else can you expect?

• Real progression opportunities within social work practice - North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Child Protection Chairs
• Regular individual and reflective case supervision
• A relational approach in all aspects of practice
• Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people's lives
• A workplace culture that supports flexible working and the opportunity to work from home as well as a highly supportive team and working environment

Your Role

We are seeking a Child Protection Chair who is a registered qualified and experienced Social Worker.

You will chair child protection conferences and monitor the progress of child protection plans to ensure that children are supported and protected leading to positive outcomes.

Within this you will engage with children, families and their wider family networks, to ensure that their views contribute to child protection plans. You will also liaise with a wide range of multi-agency practitioners and engage them in the child protection conferencing process.

The role includes a quality assurance function where you will monitor through audit and case tracking the progression of children's child protection plans to support our safeguarding responsibilities.

As part of our team, you will be supported with compassionate, relational practice to help you thrive in your Child Protection Chair role.

For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:

• Wendy Fegan, Service Manager, Independent Reviewing Service
• [e-mail]

Interviews will be held w/c 15 September 2025

RewardNEL and benefits

At North East Lincolnshire Council, we know that together, we can be stronger.

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.

As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform, including a variety of salary sacrifice schemes such as Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, access to in-house wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking, and instant access to savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities, and a fostering-friendly scheme.

In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

• At least one reference from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (personal emails are not accepted)
• References must cover the last 3 years; any gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. References will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position

Do you need support?

If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can assist with digital access as well as offering guidance about completing the application form.

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