Lead Child Protection Practitioner - Senior Statutory Role

AWD online; Matlock; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AWD Online is recruiting a Lead Child Protection Practitioner in a senior statutory role to shape safeguarding practice within an integrated multi-agency setting. You will chair conferences, lead strategy discussions, and exercise statutory decision-making with a strong focus on children’s voices.

The post requires frontline statutory experience, Social Work England registration, and the ability to work across North and South Derbyshire, with flexible hours and secondment coverage until March

Qualifications

• Current Social Work England registration
• Substantial frontline statutory child protection experience across enquiries, assessments, reviews, conferences, decision-making and supervision
• Experience communicating with children, young people, families and professionals, including involving them in meetings and decisions
• Experience chairing meetings sensitively, managing conflict and applying childcare legislation and child protection principles
• Strong analytical, planning and critical reflection skills for complex/high-risk cases, including supporting others to develop these skills
• Management-level experience including supervision, plus experience leading social work teams as a Team Manager or Practice Supervisor
• Ability to communicate with diverse audiences, write reports, analyse data and work effectively in a multidisciplinary environment
• Ability to guide, challenge and influence others while maintaining professional boundaries
• ICT skills including Word, Outlook and case record management systems

Responsibilities

• Chair complex Child Protection Conferences and enable meaningful participation by children and young people
• Lead Multi-Agency Strategy Discussions and monitor Section 47 investigations
• Make statutory child protection decisions using multi-agency intelligence and professional expertise
• Promote children's wishes and feelings and engage with families and professionals
• Ensure protection plans are current, well-informed and recorded within required timescales
• Provide practice leadership, reflective consultation and quality assurance across the partnership
• Apply culturally competent, anti-discriminatory practice across exploitation, online risk and contextual safeguarding

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Leadership experience

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Report writing

ICT skills

Time management

Tools

Case management systems

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Job description

AWD Online is recruiting a Lead Child Protection Practitioner in a senior statutory role to shape safeguarding practice within an integrated multi-agency setting. You will chair conferences, lead strategy discussions, and exercise statutory decision-making with a strong focus on children’s voices.

The post requires frontline statutory experience, Social Work England registration, and the ability to work across North and South Derbyshire, with flexible hours and secondment coverage until March