Lead Child Protection Practitioner

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council; Dudley; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in Dudley is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to act as an expert in child protection, with significant experience and knowledge of potential abuse, contributing factors and consequences.

You will provide expert advice to practitioners across the multi‑agency partnership, support families facing significant harm, and participate in strategy meetings and section 47 enquiries. DBS check and Social Work England registration are required.

Qualifications

• Lead Child Protection Practitioner must be a qualified social worker.
• Significant experience in child protection and expertise in risk and safeguarding.
• DBS check and Social Work England registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice to multi‑agency practitioners on child protection.
• Support families when significant harm is identified.
• Participate in strategy meetings and Section 47 enquiries.
• Drive restorative practice across the service.

Job description

Lead Child Protection Practitioner

LocationCable Plaza, Waterfront West, Brierley Hill, Dudley

Salary£51,356 to £54,495 per annum

Grade 12

3 full time posts available

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families?

Do you have the drive tosupportand empower young people to achieve their full potential?

If so, Dudley is the place for you.

In Dudley we are supportive of our social workers, passionate about our restorative practice, and ambitious for the future prospects of all of our children. All of this made possible by ourcommittedleaders who are visible andresponsive.

We need people like you who want to make a real difference in the lives of children and families across our borough.

TheLeadChild Protection Practitioner is a qualified social worker with significant experience and skill to act as an expert in the field of child protection. You must have excellent knowledge in all areas of potentialChild Abuse, the contributing factors, and consequences.

You will need to be able to provide expert advice and consultation to practitioners across the multi-agency partnership and support families when significant harm has been identified.You will have a role with the Strategy Meetings, section 47 enquiries, children on child protection plans and children in pre proceedings.You will need to be able to encourage family group decision making and challenge across the multi-agency group.

If you are someone who is passionate and committed to excellent social work practice and achieving the very best for our Children, Young People and Families then we want to hear from you!

We are a family Safeguarding Local Authority andcommittedto working restoratively.As such we want our social workers to spend time building relationships with families to achieve real and sustainable change.

These posts are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Also, you will need to be Social Work England registered.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates.Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.