Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Lead Child Protection Practitioner for its client at Gloucestershire.

We are seeking an experienced social worker with substantial post-qualifying experience in child protection and the capability to meet the national Lead Child Protection Practitioner Standards.

As a Lead Child Protection Practitioner, they will provide decisive leadership in critical moments for children, oversee complex child protection work, model excellent practice and support colleagues to strengthen confidence, professional curiosity and critical thinking.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Work within Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams to strengthen partnership working.
• Collaborate with health, education, police, and other agencies to ensure children receive timely help and protection.
• Provide professional consultation and guidance on child protection matters.
• Chair key child protection meetings.
• Oversee Section 47 enquiries.
• Ensure assessments, planning, and decision-making are based on strong analysis, risk assessment, and evidence of harm.
• Lead reflective supervision and support practice development.
• Contribute to quality assurance and service improvement.
• Promote a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Work directly with children, families, and professional networks.
• Support children and families to achieve meaningful participation, understanding, and sustained change.

Benefits:

• £150 per week towards travel and accommodation costs
• Hybrid working arrangements are available, offering a balance between remote and office-based working, subject to service needs.
• Workers will be expected to be based in Gloucestershire for most of the working week.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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