Lead Child Protection Practitioner — Hybrid Role

Gateshead Regeneration Partnership; Gateshead; Híbrido; GBP 50.000 - 53.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid & flexible working

Health & wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Electric & hybrid car scheme

Learning & development

Salary sacrifice options

Descripción de la vacante

Gateshead Council is seeking experienced Lead Child Protection Practitioners to join our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team. You will provide safeguarding leadership, oversight, challenge and professional support across Children's Social Care and the safeguarding partnership.

You will drive high quality safeguarding analysis and timely decision making to protect children. In return, enjoy a competitive salary (£49,817 - £53,051) plus a temporary 5% R&R allowance, hybrid working, generous annual

Formación

• A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
• Extensive experience of statutory children's social care and a proven track record of high-quality child protection practice.
• Significant post-qualifying experience within children's social care.
• Extensive experience of child protection investigations, risk assessment and safeguarding decision-making.
• The confidence to provide professional challenge and influence practice across a range of services and agencies.
• Experience of leading or chairing complex professional meetings.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make defensible safeguarding decisions in complex situations.
• Experience of quality assurance, auditing, workforce development and service improvement.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle (or actively working towards this), alongside the ability to use systems effectively and manage performance, budgets and recording requirements

Responsabilidades

• Attend and contribute to Strategy Discussions, providing expert safeguarding analysis and threshold advice.
• Facilitate Day 5 Reflective Reviews and Day 10 Decision-Making Checkpoints to strengthen professional analysis and collective decision-making.
• Meet with children, parents and carers before Initial Child Protection Conferences, helping families understand the process and supporting meaningful participation.
• Chair Initial Child Protection Conferences, ensuring robust, child-centred and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Provide oversight of Child Protection Plans, identifying drift and delay and ensuring plans remain focused on improving outcomes for children.
• Provide professional challenge, consultation, coaching and support to practitioners, managers and safeguarding partners.
• Contribute to quality assurance, service improvement, workforce development and safeguarding learning across the partnership.

Conocimientos

Social Work England registration

Child protection experience

Leading or chairing meetings

Analytical skills

Safeguarding decision-making

Driving licence

Educación

Social Work qualification

Descripción del empleo

Gateshead Council is seeking experienced Lead Child Protection Practitioners to join our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team. You will provide safeguarding leadership, oversight, challenge and professional support across Children's Social Care and the safeguarding partnership.

You will drive high quality safeguarding analysis and timely decision making to protect children. In return, enjoy a competitive salary (£49,817 - £53,051) plus a temporary 5% R&R allowance, hybrid working, generous annual