Lead Social Worker - Child Protection (Hybrid Locum)

Sanctuary Personnel; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 84,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Locum Job

Hybrid Working

Competitive Pay

Career Development

Vibrant Location

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel are seeking a Social Worker (Lead Practitioner) for the Child Protection Team in Hounslow. This locum, full-time role is based in the borough and offers ongoing work with a 36-hour weekly schedule, focused on safeguarding children and leading investigations.

You will chair strategy discussions, oversee multi-agency decision-making, and drive improvements through supervision and training, with hybrid working spanning 2–3 days in the office and remote days.

Qualifications

• Experience as a social worker within child protection.
• Leadership in multi-agency safeguarding cases.
• Experience chairing strategy discussions and conferences.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of child protection practice.
• Lead multi-agency decision-making per Families First reforms.
• Chair strategy discussions and CP conferences; monitor practice quality.
• Support practice development through training and case reviews.

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel are seeking a Social Worker (Lead Practitioner) for the Child Protection Team in Hounslow. This locum, full-time role is based in the borough and offers ongoing work with a 36-hour weekly schedule, focused on safeguarding children and leading investigations.

You will chair strategy discussions, oversee multi-agency decision-making, and drive improvements through supervision and training, with hybrid working spanning 2–3 days in the office and remote days.