Education Lead – Multi-Agency Child Protection Team

Cambridgeshire County Council; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Flexible holidays

Pension contributions

Volunteer hours

Career development

IDEAL network

Recognition awards

Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease/Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an Education Lead for the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) in Cambridge. The role provides strategic educational expertise, strengthens cross-agency partnership working and champions educational needs within safeguarding discussions for children in protection processes.

You will advise education services and social care to ensure timely access to support, with evidence-based analysis of school data and close collaboration with nurseries, schools

Qualifications

• It is essential to have extensive education safeguarding experience and knowledge of education systems, attendance, inclusion, SEND and KCSIE.
• QTS is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Working collaboratively within a multi-agency team to support the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Analysing attendance, exclusion and school engagement data to identify potential safeguarding concerns and emerging risks.
• Coordinating and facilitating contributions from nurseries, pre-schools, schools, colleges and other education providers to ensure effective, timely information sharing.
• Developing strong relationships with early years settings, schools, social care, police and health partners to strengthen collaborative working on safeguarding outcomes.
• Providing professional, specialist educational safeguarding advice, challenge and support to promote and enhance safeguarding practice.
• Contributing to the implementation of the Families First Partnership reforms, ensuring education plays a central role within child protection arrangements.

Skills

Education safeguarding experience

DSL experience

Education

QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)

Job description

Education Lead - Multi-Agency Child Protection Team

Are you experienced in services which provide intervention for children and young people? Are you passionate about safeguarding children and improving educational outcomes? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your knowledge can make a real impact? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a motivated Education Lead to join our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT). You’ll work with experts in child protection and education settings providing strategic educational expertise, strengthening partnership working across agencies and championing the educational needs and outcomes in safeguarding discussion for children and young people who are subject to child protection processes.

A core focus of the role is to advise and form links between education services and social care professionals, to ensure vulnerable children and young people access appropriate and timely support.

Closing date 22nd November. Interviews to be held in person, wherever possible, at New Shire Hall in Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon the week commencing 30th November.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Company: Cambridgeshire County Council

Salary: £52,515 to £56,054 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Cambridge, PE28 4YE

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 5 Nov 2026

Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

Our benefits

• Buy up to
• 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

What will you be doing?

This is a varied and rewarding role, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a multi-agency safeguarding environment. Key responsibilities include:

• Working collaboratively within a multi-agency team to support the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people.
• Analysing attendance, exclusion and school engagement data to identify potential safeguarding concerns and emerging risks.
• Coordinating and facilitating contributions from nurseries, pre-schools, schools, colleges and other education providers to ensure effective, timely, information sharing.
• Developing strong relationships with early years settings, schools, social care, police and health partners to strengthen collaborative working on safeguarding outcomes.
• Providing professional, specialist educational safeguarding advice, challenge and support to promote and enhance safeguarding practice.
• Contributing to the implementation of the Families First Partnership reforms, ensuring education plays a central role within child protection arrangements.

About you

It is essential to have extensive education safeguarding experience, experience as DSL or equivalent senior safeguarding lead and knowledge of education systems, attendance, inclusion, SEND and KCSIE. QTS is desirable but not essential.

You should be an innovative and reflective practitioner who is committed to continuous learning and service improvement, who is able to build strong relationships with children, families, and other professionals, with proven ability to identify and respond to significant harm.

The ability to work from a variety of locations and travel independently across the county is essential for this role.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-career