Senior Child Protection Practitioner

Sheldon Phillips Ltd; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 81,000; Part time

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking an experienced Senior Child Protection Practitioner to join locality teams in Children’s Services. The role requires the ability to pick up a caseload, support the service, and work within a stable management team in a GOOD Ofsted environment.

Based at Shire Hall, GL1 2TG, the locum contract offers pay up to £50 per hour and office working three days per week, with opportunities to lead the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team and develop practitioners

Qualifications

• Social work qualification and registration with SW England.
• Enhanced DBS (provided by us).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the quality and impact of the child protection response across the locality
• Report to the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team Manager, leading day-to-day delivery
• Promote consistently strong, family-led and child-centred practice
• Line managing Lead CP Practitioners
• Provide matrix management for key partner agency leads
• Support complex safeguarding decision to ensure work is allocated to progress cases effectively
• Hold a small caseload to model exemplary social work, and use supervision, reflective discussion, workshops and case mapping to develop practitioners
• Using performance information, audit findings and local needs analysis to identify demand, address drift or delay

Education

Social Work Qualification

Social Work England registration

Job description

Senior Child Protection Practitioner - Gloucestershire County Council

Location: Shire Hall, GL1 2TG
Pay/Salary: up to £50 per hour
Office Working: 3 Days per week
Contract: Locum

We are currently working with Gloucestershire County Council to find an experienced Child Protection Practitioner for their locality teams in Children s Services. With a stable management team and a GOOD Ofsted, Gloucestershire are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload and support their service.

Duties

• Oversee the quality and impact of the child protection response across the locality
• Report to the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team Manager, leading day-to-day delivery
• Promote consistently strong, family-led and child-centred practice
• Line managing Lead CP Practitioners
• Provide matrix management for key partner agency leads
• Support complex safeguarding decision to ensure work is allocated to progress cases effectively
• Hold a small caseload to model exemplary social work, and use supervision, reflective discussion, workshops and case mapping to develop practitioners
• Using performance information, audit findings and local needs analysis to identify demand, address drift or delay

What you need

• Social Work Qualification
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced DBS (provided by us)

Why use us?

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