Child Protection Chair; Registered Social Worker

Child Protection Chair (Registered Social Worker)

Job description

If you share our vision of ensuring the children of North East Lincolnshire grow up happy and healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them, join our team today as a Child Protection Chair.

Please note:
In order to be considered for this role, you must be a registered and qualified Social Worker

Salary: NJC
34 £ 45, Plus Local Agreement for incremental pay up to NJC
39 £ 50,

• Real progression opportunities within social work practice – North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Child Protection Chairs
• Regular individual and reflective case supervision
• A relational approach in all aspects of practice
• Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people’s lives
• A workplace culture that supports flexible working and the opportunity to work from home as well as a highly supportive team and working environment

We are seeking an Child Protection Chair who is a registered qualified and experienced Social Worker.

You will chair child protection conferences and monitor the progress of child protection plans to ensure that children are supported and protected leading to positive outcomes.

Within this you will engage with children, families and their wider family networks, to ensure that their views contribute to child protection plans. You will also liaise with a wide range of multi‑agency practitioners and engage them in the child protection conferencing process.

The role includes a quality assurance function where you will monitor through audit and case tracking the progression of children’s child protection plans to support our safeguarding responsibilities.

As part of our team, you will be supported with compassionate, relational practice to help you thrive in your Child Protection Chair role.

For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:

• Wendy Fegan, Service Manager, Independent Reviewing Service

We aim to interview w/c 09th March

we know that together, we can be stronger.

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.

As part of your Reward

NEL package
, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our exclusive
RewardNEL platform.