Senior Lead Child Protection Practitioner - Ref: CH07724
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Job Description
Senior Lead Child Protection Practitioner - Ref: CH07724
- Salary: £51802- £57645
- 12- month fixed term pending evaluation of Families First
Shape the future of child protection practice
"I like the environment at Walsall, everyone is friendly and approachable. I like that I cover a diverse locality, I enjoy working with people from various different backgrounds I also like that I have good management, senior management and a very supportive team" (Annual health check)
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 Lead Child Protection Practitioner, you and as Senior Lead child protection practitioner.
About the job:
This role offers you the opportunity alongside a team of Lead Child Protection Practitioner's to shape the future of child protection practice in Walsall. Your creative and innovative approach to working with families and our multiagency partners will be the catalyst to bring about change locally and nationally.
This role will see you manage a team of LCPP's, who are non-case holding experienced social workers. LCPP's independently support child protection practice across our localities in Walsall, providing their expertise and knowledge to ensure cohesive multiagency response to support children and their families, within the wider multi-agency children protection team.
This role will see you utilise your experience to create a team of dynamic parctioners who take the role of lead decision-maker for the outcome of child protection decisions in Strategy Meetings, Section 47 Enquiries and Child Protection Conferences. Ensuring multi-agency working is at the heart of each aspect of practice
You will have the opportunity to re-write child protection practice, ensuring partnership and collaboration are 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 have answered yes to the above questions this role will offer you the opportunity to build new foundations and practice approaches, whilst developing a cohesive multi-agency child protection offer.
Our Offer
To provide the right conditions for you, 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 specialised clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when it is needed. We know we need 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 service.
View Job Description & Employee Specification
Would you like to talk about this role and find out more about how your experiences creatively and innovation will change practice in Walsall?
If so, please contact Hannah Thompson Principal Social Worker
Hannah.Thompson@walsall.gov.uk
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 the children and young people entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.
This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
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 also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them.See our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting Agency applications or referrals at this time.
About Us
Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.
We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.
Living in Walsall
Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.
To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment
Some of our children require a special kind of support: yours. Visit our microsite to find out more about joining Walsall Council as a Children's Social Worker.