Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP) (Grade J)

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to oversee safeguarding work and ensure high-quality practice. You will provide leadership across child protection activity, supporting practitioners and partner agencies to make informed decisions focused on children's safety.

Working with social care, health, education and police colleagues, you will drive multi-agency decision-making, promote best practice and deliver positive outcomes for children and families.

Qualifications

• Experience leading child protection practice within a safeguarding context.
• Ability to coordinate with social care, health, education and police partners.
• Strong professional curiosity and risk assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and oversight across child protection activity.
• Support practitioners and partner agencies to inform decisions that keep children safe.
• Promote best practice, drive continuous improvement and outcomes for children and families.
• Facilitate multi-agency decision-making and effective information sharing.

Skills

Leadership

Multi-agency collaboration

Safeguarding

Job description

As a Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP), you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that children at risk of significant harm are safeguarded through robust child protection processes, effective multi-agency working and high-quality professional practice.

You will provide professional leadership, oversight and constructive challenge across child protection activity, supporting practitioners and partner agencies to make informed decisions that place the safety and wellbeing of children at the centre of all interventions.

Through skilled analysis, professional curiosity and a strong understanding of safeguarding responsibilities, you will help ensure that children and families receive timely and effective support.

Working closely with social care, health, education, police and other key partners, you will facilitate and contribute to multi-agency decision-making, ensuring that risks are appropriately identified, assessed and managed. You will promote best practice, support continuous improvement and help drive positive outcomes for children and young people.

• The closing date for applications is 23.59 on Wednesday 14th October.

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Company: Nottingham City Council

Salary: £51,356 – £54,495

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Adult Services

Job Role: Social Worker