Sanctuary Personnel, an award-winning and renowned Recruitment Agency is looking for experienced and dedicated Social Work Child Protection Chairs to work part time or full-time based in Herefordshire.
The pay rates for these locum Child Protection Chair jobs are £43 per hour (Assignment rate) and are initial 3-month contracts.
Conferences are currently held remotely with a plan to be held face to face in the near future. Herefordshire practice model is Signs of Safety.
Duties:
- Chair child protection conferences in line with the requirements described in Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and the Herefordshire Child Protection Procedures
- Lead complex multi-agency child protection meetings and will monitor the quality and effectiveness of social work practice by scrutinising child protection plans and constructively challenging actions and interventions that are not delivering the required outcomes for children and young people
- Promote understanding of the CPC process, ensuring that social workers, practitioners and family members understand the purpose of child protection conferences and how they are conducted
- Chair complex CPC, consider the evidence presented, make judgements about the likelihood of a child suffering significant harm in future, and whether the child is at continuing risk of harm
- Ensure that the conference systematically shares information and elicits and records the views of each agency represented and the views of the parent(s) and child; ensure that the decision-making process takes account of the views of all the agencies represented
- Ensure that children and young people are encouraged and supported to make a meaningful contribution to their conference where appropriate, and ensure that the voice of the child is actively promoted and their wishes and feelings are fully considered in the conference and any resulting child protection plan
- Decide whether the child considered at a CPC will be made subject to a child protection plan, taking into account the views of the professional network represented at the conference; determine and record which category of abuse or neglect the child considered at the conference has primarily suffered or is primarily likely to suffer
- Produce complete and correct written records of discussion, decisions and plans made at a CPC (including any dissent), and ensure the record is distributed within agreed timescales
Requirements of the Child Protection Chairs:
- Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in Social Work
- Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional
- Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders
- Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform our own decision making
- Knowledge of statutory legislation (for example Children’s Act) and national policy drivers that will affect children’s services and your role
- Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice
- Understanding and experience in using Signs of Safety Model to chair conferences
- Able to use a range of digital hardware or software to support your work effectively
- Strong organisational abilities including time management, problem-solving and multitasking
- Able to work flexibly and independently
- Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strength-based approach
- Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families
- Good communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, you will be expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the role
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
- In-house payroll system
- Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine
Contact:
These Child Protection Chair jobs are advertised by Lauren Minter; if you are interested in these positions 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.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
