Lead Child Protection Practitioner: Shape Safer Families

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

Flexible working

Comprehensive training

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Walsall Council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to lead alongside a multi-agency network around families, ensuring high-standard child protection work. You will collaborate with allocated social workers and other professionals to undertake Child Protection Enquiries and oversee Child Protection Plans.

The ideal candidate will have extensive post-qualifying social work experience, including child protection, with supervisory or managerial experience

Qualifications

• Extensive post-qualifying social work experience including child protection.
• Supervisory or managerial experience desirable.
• Experience within a local authority or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead with multi-agency network around a family to ensure high-standard child protection practice.
• Work with allocated social workers and professionals to undertake Child Protection Enquiries.
• Oversee Child Protection Plans.

Skills

Child protection

Leadership

Supervisory

Job description

Walsall Council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to lead alongside a multi-agency network around families, ensuring high-standard child protection work. You will collaborate with allocated social workers and other professionals to undertake Child Protection Enquiries and oversee Child Protection Plans.

The ideal candidate will have extensive post-qualifying social work experience, including child protection, with supervisory or managerial experience