Senior Child Protection Lead | Multi-Agency Safeguarding

Bradford Children and Families Trust; Long Lee; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced annual leave

Local Government pension

Parental leave

Health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Bradford Children and Families Trust invites applications for Lead Child Protection Practitioner to provide expert leadership within the MACPT, coordinating strategy discussions and multi-agency decision-making to safeguard children. The role demands senior practice in child protection and collaboration across police, health, education, and social care.

You will drive family-led decision making, provide mentoring, and ensure robust quality assurance of assessments and plans, in a restorative,

Qualifications

• Recognised Social Work qualification and current registration with Social Work England.
• Substantial post-qualifying experience in statutory children's social care, including a minimum of three years' experience in child protection and safeguarding practice at a senior level.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
• Extensive knowledge of child protection legislation, safeguarding frameworks and best practice.
• Significant experience of leading complex child protection enquiries, managing high-risk safeguarding situations and undertaking multi-agency decision-making.
• Experience of chairing complex meetings, including strategy discussions and child protection forums.
• To be able to communicate with confidence, provide constructive challenge and present clear analysis to support decision making.
• To build effective relationships with children and families.
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business purposes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate and chair strategy discussions, providing professional leadership to respond to child protection concerns.
• Lead section 47 enquiries to identify and respond actual or likely significant harm, ensuring that enquiries are planned, coordinated and analysed effectively with partners so that timely, evidence informed decisions are made to safeguard children.
• Chair child protection conferences and determine likelihood of significant harm.
• Analyse multi-agency information to support safe and evidence-based decision making.
• Provide consultation, guidance, mentoring and professional support to colleagues across the service.
• Be committed to family-led decision making and involve families at the earliest opportunity.
• Use research, reflection, audit findings and learning to improve practice, promote innovation and achieve better outcomes for children and families.
• Quality assure assessments, risk analyses, records, recommendations and plans.
• Identify strengths, themes and areas for improvement across practice.
• Build trusting and effective relationships with children, families, colleagues and partner agencies

Skills

Strategy discussions

Section 47 enquiries

CP conferences

Multi-agency analysis

Mentoring

Family-led decisions

Restorative practice

Research & audit

Relationship building

Communication

Education

Social Work degree

SW England registration

Job description

Bradford Children and Families Trust invites applications for Lead Child Protection Practitioner to provide expert leadership within the MACPT, coordinating strategy discussions and multi-agency decision-making to safeguard children. The role demands senior practice in child protection and collaboration across police, health, education, and social care.

You will drive family-led decision making, provide mentoring, and ensure robust quality assurance of assessments and plans, in a restorative,