Education Child Protection Practitioner

Enfield Council; Enfield; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

Annual leave up to 32 days

Remote/office blend

Season ticket loan

Career development

Employee Assistance Programme

Health and leisure discounts

Sabbatical for registered Social Works

Job summary

Enfield Council is recruiting two Education Child Protection Practitioners to join our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT). The roles require Qualified Teacher Status and substantial experience in education safeguarding, based at Thomas Hardy House, with a 36-hour week and a permanent contract.

The post holders will work in a co-located MACPT with health, police and children’s social care partners, ensuring safeguarding duties are met and decisions are well informed.

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status is required.
• Significant experience in educational settings to safeguard children at risk.
• Ability to work with health, police and children’s social care partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative education input to child protection decisions.
• Liaise with senior education leaders and Designated Safeguarding Leads.
• Offer consultation, advice and guidance to education providers.
• Support timely information sharing and professional challenge.
• Contribute to safeguarding practices and service development.

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

Reference Number: PEO-002870

Salary: MM2 £57,375 to £72,777

Advert closing date: 19/10/2026

Department: People

Location: Thomas Hardy House

Contract type: Permanent

Division: Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) (Children’s Social Care), Virtual School

Hours Per Week: 36

Contract End Date: Not specified

Interview Date: W/C 26th October 2026

Job Description

Join Enfield’s Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT)

Enfield are looking to recruit two experienced Education Child Protection Practitioners to join our newly formed MACPT.

MACPT Education Child Protection Practitioner Full-Time Salary Range Salary Range £57,375 - £72,777

The post holders must have qualified teacher status and have significant experience of working within an educational setting to protect children at risk of abuse inside or outside of the home.

Enfield’s vision is to establish a MACPT that is child-centred, compassionate, evidence-informed and closely aligned with Family Help, Child in Care and Care Leavers Services, ensuring families experience a seamless safeguarding response rather than fragmented intervention.

The Education Child Protection Practitioners will be based in the MACPT, co-located with multi-agency partners including health, police and children’s social care, ensuring education safeguarding responsibilities are fulfilled in line with relevant statutory guidance (including

This is a high-impact role at the interface of education and statutory safeguarding. Working within the MACPT, the post holders will provide authoritative education input to child protection decision-making, strengthen partnership working between education settings and partner agencies including Children’s Social Care, and help ensure the right response at the right time for children at risk of significant harm.

The Education Child Protection Practitioners will be accountable to the MACPT Service Managers and Head of Safeguarding and Quality Assurance for their day-to-day operational activities and directly line managed by the Assistant Headteacher of the Enfield Virtual School.

The post holders provide consultation, advice and guidance to education providers, and other partners across the borough when a child comes to the attention of MACPT. They will liaise with senior education leaders and Designated Safeguarding Leads to ensure that statutory duties are met and proportionate recognition is given to the additional protective factors that education provides. The roles promote effective partnership working through timely information sharing, appropriate professional challenge and active engagement in child protection processes.

We are looking for enthusiastic, able, experienced education leads who are passionate and dedicated to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable children.

This is a great opportunity to join an excellent service that works together with families to achieve positive outcomes for children and young people. Our leadership culture is grounded in openness, learning and shared responsibility, with a commitment to supporting staff with their wellbeing, alongside professional development and achieving best practice. You will be joining a service that has high standards, values professional curiosity, collective accountability and innovation, creating the conditions for everyone to do their best work to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

Enfield is committed to helping staff to develop their skills and you will receive high-quality support from an experienced manager and given opportunities to contribute to service developments.

Enfield’s Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best, delivering excellent practice to achieve good outcomes to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information, please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/

“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.”

For further information please contact

Anne Stoker Director of Transformation: Children’s Services or Malaika Wiliams Assistant Headteacher: Virtual School at [e-mail].

Closing date for applications is 19 th October with interviews expected to be held week of 26th October. If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Debola Olufon at debola [e-mail]

Enfield’s Social Care Centre of Excellence confirms our commitment to creating and maintaining an environment for new and existing staff to be the best and deliver high quality social work to our most vulnerable children and young people. It brings our recruitment, professional development and support into the one portal for social care staff to see what we have to offer and how we are supporting them to continue to learn and develop on a professional basis. For more information please visit https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/

“This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.”

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications have been received. Therefore, we advise that you complete fully and submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council

• An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
• Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
• Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• 1 month's paid sabbatical for registered Social Workers working in Children's Social Care.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working.

If you have previously applied for this role within the past 6 months, unfortunately, a second application will not be considered.

Certain posts in the Council are ‘politically restricted’ which means that staff employed in these posts may not undertake political activities either in or outside the workplace and therefore if candidates are affiliated with any political party, we may not be able to proceed with their application.