Conference and Review Officer Council

Conference and Review Officer – Tameside Council – CP – £40 per hour

Join us at an exciting time for Tameside Children’s Services as we develop our Multi‑Agency Child Protection Team. The Lead Child Protection Practitioner will play an integral role in shaping and strengthening this function.

As a Lead Child Protection Practitioner, you will bring:

• A recognised social work qualification with significant frontline child protection experience and strong knowledge of statutory frameworks
• Expertise in identifying and responding to all forms of harm, including extra‑familial harm
• Confidence in working collaboratively and effectively with families
• The ability to support multi‑agency partners to understand and address risks within wider community and peer contexts
• A strong commitment to anti‑discriminatory, inclusive practice that reflects and respects diverse family needs
• A clear focus on ensuring the child’s best interests remain central to all decision‑making, including in complex exploitation contexts
• You will chair strategy meetings coming in from the front door
• Provide oversight of S47 enquiries and guidance upon threshold
• Chair Child Protection Conferences
• Quality assure child protection planning, providing support, guidance and oversight

• Competitive pay rate
• Long contracts for good performance
• Supportive team and management
• Progression opportunities
• Remote working available
• Flexible working
• Condensed Working Weeks negotiable

• Your own designated consultant and one point of contact
• CV review service
• Interview advice and preparation
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

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