Social Worker​/Senior Social Worker - Child Protection Inquiry

Social Worker/Senior Social Worker – Child Protection Inquiry Team (Permanent)

Location:

Birmingham (Hybrid working available)
Salary: £35,412 – £51,356 (dependent on experience)
£1,000 Golden Hello
£5,000 annual retention payment.

Contract:

Permanent

Pro Social Partners are proud to be working in partnership with Birmingham Children’s Trust to recruit Permanent Social Workers into their newly established Child Protection Inquiry Teams (CPIT).

This is a unique opportunity to join a newly designed service at the forefront of national reform, forming part of the DfE Families First Programme and laying the foundations for future Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams.

The Child Protection Inquiry Teams have been created to deliver decisive, timely, and high-quality statutory child protection responses, ensuring children are protected swiftly and effectively where there is actual or likely significant harm.

The Role ;
As a Social Worker within the Child Protection Inquiry Team, you will:
Undertake and lead Section 47 child protection enquiries, both single and multi-agency.
Chair and contribute to strategy discussions and meetings, working closely with partner agencies.
Complete high-quality child protection assessments, reports, and conference documentation.
Present cases at Initial Child Protection Conferences (ICPCs) and support clear multi-agency decision-making.
Work collaboratively alongside Family Help teams, providing consultation, advice, and joint working where required.
Ensure children’s voices are central to all assessments, planning, and interventions.
Operate within clear statutory timescales, supported by strong management oversight and reflective supervision.
Where ongoing child protection intervention is required following ICPC, cases will transfer to the relevant Safeguarding or Child Protection Team, allowing you to focus on high-quality inquiry and decision-making work.

About You;
You will be an experienced and confident practitioner with:
A recognised Social Work qualification and current Social Work England registration.
Post-qualifying experience within Children’s Social Care, ideally within safeguarding or child protection.
Strong knowledge of Working Together to Safeguard Children and statutory child protection processes.
Confidence in undertaking s47 enquiries, strategy discussions, and conference work.
Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
A calm, authoritative, and child-focused approach to complex and high-risk situations.

Why Birmingham Children’s Trust?
The opportunity to be part of a newly established, specialist child protection service.
Clear role boundaries allowing you to focus on decisive child protection work.
Strong management presence, oversight, and consistent reflective supervision.
A service aligned with national reform and best practice frameworks.
Hybrid working arrangements and a supportive professional culture.
The chance to contribute to the future design of multi-agency child protection services