Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for a Child Protection Chair to work full-time based in Waltham Forest. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The salary for this permanent Child Protection Chair role is £49,511 - £54,482 per annum.
Duties:
- Plan and ensure service delivery within a complex/diverse service area. Control operational activities within the service area and ensure professional standards are delivered.
- Manage responses to complex professional or politically sensitive issues within the area of responsibility.
- Ensure the development and delivery of continuous improvements in all aspects of the service
- Lead, motivate and develop staff to create and maintain a highly competent and participative workforce.
- Identify, secure, deploy and manage the resources necessary for the professional service area to meet/exceed its objectives
Requirements of the Child Protection Chair:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Children's services
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build relationships with families, staff at all levels, other departments and agencies. Deal with people at all levels confidently, sensitively and diplomatically.
- Good knowledge of legislation, current developments in research related to safeguarding, child protection, and children in need
- Substantial front line experience of complex child care social work
- Experience of managing and supervising complex child care social work
- Experience of writing complex child care assessments, care plans, etc
- Presentation of information and reports to the senior leadership team
- Ability to chair complex multi-agency conferences and meetings
- Ability to develop and deliver training programmes related to children in need and Child Protection
- Ability to write reports and policy documents related to safeguarding and child care matters
- Basic use of Information Technology
- Accreditation as a Social Work Practice Educator or Assessor
- Use of relevant in-service or post-qualification training, particularly safeguarding and Information Technology courses
Contact:
This Child Protection Chair job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
