Senior Child Protection Chair | Safeguarding Lead

LinsCare; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 74,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rate

Meaningful impact

Supportive safeguarding team

Specialist social care partnerships

Professional development

Job summary

Birmingham Children's Trust is seeking an experienced Principal Officer (Child Protection Chair) to chair multi-agency Child Protection Conferences in Birmingham, West Midlands. You will ensure robust safety plans, actively involve children and families, and promote their voices in safeguarding decisions.

The role requires extensive post-qualifying social work experience, chairing conferences, and strong multi-agency collaboration.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-qualifying social work experience.
• Experience chairing Child Protection Conferences.
• Knowledge of child protection processes and safeguarding legislation.
• Excellent communication, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage a demanding workload and meet deadlines.
• Strong multi-agency partnership-working skills.
• A supportive, collaborative approach with a commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.
• Desirable: Previous management experience.

Responsibilities

• Chair multi-agency Child Protection Conferences, ensuring effective decision-making and clear safeguarding outcomes.
• Ensure children's voices, wishes, feelings and lived experiences are central to child protection planning.
• Promote meaningful participation and co-production with children, parents, carers and professionals.
• Provide professional challenge to multi-agency practitioners where necessary to ensure children's safety and wellbeing.
• Monitor the quality of safeguarding practice and contribute to improved performance across the service.
• Apply sound professional judgement when assessing risk and making child protection decisions.
• Work collaboratively with social workers, partner agencies and specialist services to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, reflective practice and professional accountability.

Skills

Social work experience

Chairing CP Conferences

Communication skills

Decision-making

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Time-management

Professional accountability

Job description

Birmingham Children's Trust is seeking an experienced Principal Officer (Child Protection Chair) to chair multi-agency Child Protection Conferences in Birmingham, West Midlands. You will ensure robust safety plans, actively involve children and families, and promote their voices in safeguarding decisions.

The role requires extensive post-qualifying social work experience, chairing conferences, and strong multi-agency collaboration.