Senior Child Protection Leader | Multi-Agency Safeguarding

NHS Jobs; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£2k market supplement

Annual leave & pension

CPD time 6 days

Relocation assistance

Refer a Friend £350

CARE Academy

Job summary

Lead Child Protection Practitioner role within Cambridgeshire's safeguarding partnership. You will provide expert professional leadership, overseeing decision-making, chairing strategy meetings, and guiding multi‑agency teams to ensure robust protection planning for children and families.

The role emphasises professional judgement, safeguarding expertise and collaboration with partners, offering a salary up to £56,054 plus a £2,000 market supplement and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Significant frontline child protection experience and safeguarding expertise.
• Ability to analyse complex information and exercise sound judgement.
• Experience advising and mentoring frontline social workers.

Responsibilities

• Chair strategy meetings and oversee decision-making.
• Lead multi-agency safeguarding discussions and investigations.
• Sign off Section 47 enquiries and support home visits when needed.
• Provide oversight and quality assurance of child protection practice.
• Chair child protection conferences and develop multi‑agency plans.
• Engage with children and families to inform planning.
• Provide professional guidance and training to teams and managers.
• Support continuous service improvement and partnerships.

Skills

Complex needs assessment

Risk management

Mentoring & coaching

Practice influence

Multi-agency chairing

Communication skills

Continuous professional development

Travel across county

Education

Social Worker registered with Social Work England

Job description

Lead Child Protection Practitioner role within Cambridgeshire's safeguarding partnership. You will provide expert professional leadership, overseeing decision-making, chairing strategy meetings, and guiding multi‑agency teams to ensure robust protection planning for children and families.

The role emphasises professional judgement, safeguarding expertise and collaboration with partners, offering a salary up to £56,054 plus a £2,000 market supplement and a comprehensive benefits package.