• This role involves chairing child protection conferences, ensuring robust safeguarding practices, and engaging with children, families, and professionals to create effective and inclusive Child Protection Plans.

• The postholder will use a strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to reduce risk and promote the welfare of children, while contributing to service development, quality assurance, and best practice within a multi-agency safeguarding context.

• Chair child protection conferences, ensuring they are timely, inclusive, and outcome-focused.

• Promote and implement the Strengthening Families framework in all meetings.

• Engage and represent the voice of children and young people throughout the protection planning process.

• Ensure high-quality Child Protection Plans are developed, distributed, and monitored in line with statutory timelines.

• Work collaboratively with families, professionals, and multi-agency partners to ensure plans progress effectively.

• Participate in quality assurance processes including audits, practice evaluation, and service development activities.

• Provide mentoring, coaching, and professional supervision to colleagues, supporting best practice across the safeguarding team.

• Uphold professional standards and ensure compliance with statutory requirements, policies, and procedures.

• Challenge and support professional practice where necessary in a respectful and constructive manner.

• Keep accurate and timely case records, ensuring decisions and actions are well documented.

• Proven ability to chair complex safeguarding meetings using a strengths-based and relational approach.

• Experience in child protection planning, risk assessment, and multi-agency safeguarding work.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage children, parents, and professionals.

• Confident in applying trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice principles.

• Skilled in conflict resolution, professional challenge, and collaborative problem solving.

• Organised and able to prioritise workload effectively to meet statutory timescales.

• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, and best practice standards in child protection.

• Ability to mentor and support others, promoting reflective practice and continuous improvement.

• Qualified and experienced Social Worker, registered with the appropriate professional body.

• Hours: 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:45 – 17:15).

• Enhanced DBS required.