Lead Child Protection Practitioner

WMJobs; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire East Council is recruiting a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to join the new Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT). You will lead on complex child protection decisions and provide expert guidance to practitioners and partners.

This role offers practice leadership and an opportunity to shape a transforming service, with a focus on safeguarding children and maintaining high standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in child protection and safeguarding.
• Ability to lead on complex decision-making and provide expert advice.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead on complex child protection decision-making.
• Provide expert guidance to practitioners and partners.
• Drive high safeguarding standards across the workforce.

Skills

Child protection expertise

Decision-making skills

Leadership

Job description

Cheshire East Council,

Help shape the future of child protection in Cheshire East.

As part of our ambitious Families First reforms and service redesign, we’re creating a brand-new Lead Child Protection Practitioner role within our new Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT). This is a unique opportunity for an experienced child protection professional to be at the forefront of transformation, acting as a centre of excellence and knowledge hub for child protection practice across the workforce.

We’re looking for a confident and influential practitioner with child protection expertise, strong decision-making skills, and a passion for developing others. You’ll lead on complex child protection decision‑making, provide expert advice and guidance to practitioners and partners, and help drive consistently high standards of safeguarding practice that keep children at the heart of every decision.

If you want to combine practice leadership with the opportunity to shape and influence a new service, this is an exciting time to join us