Lead Child Protection Practitioner – Hybrid Role

Lambeth Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Lambeth Council’s Children’s Services is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to lead complex safeguarding decisions, working within a co-located Multi-Agency Child Protection Team. You will coordinate Section 47 enquiries and ensure effective inter-agency collaboration to safeguard children.

Ideal candidates will have registered social worker status, frontline experience in statutory child protection, and a strong commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed practice.

Qualifications

• A recognised social work qualification and current registration.
• Significant recent experience in front-line statutory child protection practice.
• Knowledge of child protection legislation and multi-agency safeguarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead Section 47 child protection enquiries across Children’s Services.
• Chair strategy meetings, conferences and multi-agency safeguarding discussions.
• Provide consultation and professional challenge to social workers and partner agencies.
• Support timely, evidence-informed and defensible decision-making where harm is suspected.
• Contribute to protection and safety planning focused on outcomes for children.
• Promote high standards of recording, information-sharing and quality assurance across the pathway.
• Model relational, trauma-informed and culturally competent practice with families and professionals.

Skills

Social work qualification

Social Work England registration

Front-line statutory practice

Risk assessment

Inter-agency collaboration

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Lambeth Council’s Children’s Services is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to lead complex safeguarding decisions, working within a co-located Multi-Agency Child Protection Team. You will coordinate Section 47 enquiries and ensure effective inter-agency collaboration to safeguard children.

Ideal candidates will have registered social worker status, frontline experience in statutory child protection, and a strong commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed practice.