Senior Child Protection Lead – Multi-Agency Safeguarding

Schools’ Choice; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Schools’ Choice in Coventry is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to provide expert leadership and oversight of child protection across partner agencies. This senior safeguarding role is based in Coventry with hybrid working and a salary of £41.42 umbrella, 37 hours per week, starting 2 October 2026.

You will chair strategy discussions, oversee Section 47 inquiries, and drive multi‑agency collaboration while ensuring legally compliant safeguarding practice and evidence‑informed

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker required and registered with Social Work England.
• Significant experience in Children's Social Care and Child Protection.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and processes.
• Experience of complex safeguarding decision-making and multi‑agency working.
• Excellent communication, influencing and partnership-building skills.
• Ability to provide professional leadership and challenge across agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist leadership and oversight of child protection across the partnership.
• Chair strategy discussions and contribute to complex safeguarding decision-making.
• Oversee Section 47 enquiries and ensure statutory requirements are met.
• Promote high-quality, consistent, legally compliant safeguarding practice.
• Provide professional advice and guidance on complex child protection matters.
• Strengthen multi-agency collaboration and partnership working.
• Support timely, proportionate and defensible decision-making.
• Apply professional curiosity and constructive challenge to improve outcomes for children.
• Ensure assessments and interventions are informed by children's lived experiences, strengths and risks.
• Build workforce capability through coaching, support and professional leadership.
• Contribute to service development, evaluation and continuous improvement of MACPT.
• Support Families First Partnership Programme reforms.

Skills

Professional leadership

Communication skills

Multi‑agency collaboration

Safeguarding expertise

Education

Qualified Social Worker status

Job description

Schools’ Choice in Coventry is seeking a Lead Child Protection Practitioner to provide expert leadership and oversight of child protection across partner agencies. This senior safeguarding role is based in Coventry with hybrid working and a salary of £41.42 umbrella, 37 hours per week, starting 2 October 2026.

You will chair strategy discussions, oversee Section 47 inquiries, and drive multi‑agency collaboration while ensuring legally compliant safeguarding practice and evidence‑informed