Senior Lead Child Protection Practitioner - Ref: CH07724
1. Salary: £51802- £57645
2. 12-month fixed term pending evaluation of Families First
Shape the future of child protection practice
Walsall is implementing the Families First Programme, based on the National Children’s Social Care Review and Stable Homes Built on Love. To do this we are creating a combined, multi-agency locality Family Help Service, with locality social workers supported by Lead Child Protection Practitioners, including this Senior Lead Child Protection Practitioner role.
About the job:
This role offers you the opportunity to shape the future of child protection practice in Walsall alongside a team of Lead Child Protection Practitioners. Your creative and innovative approach to working with families and our multi-agency partners will be the catalyst for change locally and nationally.
You will manage a team of Lead Child Protection Practitioners, who are experienced social workers. They will independently support child protection practice across our localities in Walsall, providing their expertise and knowledge to ensure a cohesive multi-agency response to support children and their families within the wider multi-agency children protection team.
This role will see you utilize your experience to create a dynamic team that takes the lead in decision-making for child protection outcomes in Strategy Meetings, Section 47 Enquiries, and Child Protection Conferences, ensuring multi-agency collaboration is at the heart of practice.
About you:
Are you an experienced Child Protection Conference chair, Team Manager, or Practice Supervisor?
Have you ever wondered if we could support families within the child protection arena differently?
Are you innovative and motivated to improve outcomes for children and families?
If you answered yes to the above questions, this role will offer you the opportunity to build new foundations and practice approaches while developing a cohesive multi-agency child protection offer.
Our Offer:
We are committed to manageable workloads, high support from managers, essential paperwork only, enabling technologies, and all social workers, including Lead Child Protection Practitioners, will receive training in Systemic Family Practice.
Wellbeing is at the heart of our work. We offer specialized clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working, and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support. We aim to make social work a career people want to stay in.
We are committed to anti-discrimination and equality and to developing a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
Would you like to talk about this role and find out more about how your experiences creatively and innovatively will change practice in Walsall?
If so, please contact Hannah Thompson, Principal Social Worker at Hannah.Thompson@walsall.gov.uk or call 01922 650363.
Closing date for applications: 5th January 2025
Interview date: 14th January 2025
Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people entrusted to our care. It is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment, and we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes that promote a culture of safeguarding among our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities, and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. #J-18808-Ljbffr