Social Worker - Child Protection Chair in Barking & Dagenham, Essex

Job Title: Social Worker – Child Protection Chair
Specialism: Social Worker – Children
Location: Barking & Dagenham, UK
Salary: £45.20 per hour

Social Worker – Child Protection Chair within Children's Services in Barking & Dagenham, earning £45.20 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers full-time hours of 35 per week alongside a flexible hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to work from home 2-3 days per week. This role is ideally suited to a highly experienced safeguarding professional with extensive knowledge of Child Protection, Children in Need, Children in Care, Safeguarding practice, and the ROTH framework.

Working within a dedicated safeguarding service, you will play a crucial role in ensuring effective multi-agency working, high-quality safeguarding interventions, and positive outcomes for vulnerable children and families.

Perks and benefits:

• Full Time: Benefit from the stability and consistency of a full-time role while making a significant impact on children's lives.

• Hybrid Working: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home 2-3 days per week, supporting an excellent work-life balance.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £45.20 per hour, rewarding your specialist expertise and leadership skills.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing learning opportunities to maintain and enhance your safeguarding knowledge and practice.

• Networking Opportunities: Work alongside a wide range of professionals and partner agencies, building valuable professional relationships.

• Specialist Safeguarding Role: Strengthen your expertise in child protection conferencing, quality assurance, and safeguarding leadership.

• Meaningful Impact: Ensure children are protected, supported, and given the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes.

What you will do:

• Chair Child Protection Conferences, ensuring all statutory requirements and safeguarding responsibilities are met.

• Oversee and monitor Child Protection Plans to ensure they effectively address identified risks and promote positive outcomes.

• Work in partnership with children, families, carers, and professionals to facilitate robust safeguarding decision-making.

• Apply specialist knowledge of Child Protection, Children in Need, Children in Care, and safeguarding legislation to complex cases.

• Utilise the ROTH framework to support high-quality analysis, assessment, and decision-making processes.

• Undertake comprehensive risk analysis and provide professional challenge where required to ensure children remain safeguarded.

• Ensure plans are child-focused, outcome-driven, and developed through effective multi-agency collaboration.

• Provide expert advice, consultation, and support to social workers, managers, and partner agencies on complex safeguarding matters.

• Monitor the quality and effectiveness of child protection processes and contribute to service improvement initiatives.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive records, reports, and conference documentation.

• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory guidance, local authority procedures, and Social Work England standards.

• Promote best practice and contribute to safeguarding quality assurance processes across the service.

Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work.

• Current Social Work England registration.

• Significant post-qualification experience within Children's Social Care.

• Extensive experience in Child Protection, Children in Need, Safeguarding, and Children in Care services.

• Experience chairing Child Protection Conferences or undertaking a similar Independent Reviewing or Child Protection leadership role.

• Strong understanding and practical application of the ROTH framework.

• Excellent communication, analytical, decision-making, and report-writing skills.

• Ability to challenge appropriately and confidently within a multi-agency safeguarding environment.

Why Barking & Dagenham

Barking & Dagenham is one of London's most diverse and rapidly developing boroughs, offering a strong sense of community alongside excellent transport connections into Central London. With significant investment in local services, beautiful green spaces, thriving cultural initiatives, and a commitment to improving outcomes for children and families, the borough provides a rewarding and supportive environment in which to develop your social work career.

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