Child Protection Chair

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced social worker looking for a new challenge?

Our Quality Assurance Practice & ImprovementServiceare looking to recruit a full time Child Protection Chair.

This engaging opportunity places you at the heart of our dedicated team of Child Protection Chairs, where mutual support and collaboration are key. You'll receive invaluable guidance and assistance from your line manager, the Service Manager for Independent Chairs. Our monthly team meetings are a vibrant, safe space for reflection andsharing insights, ensuring we grow and learn together.

This is a county wide post and as such you will be asked to Chair statutory Child ProtectionConferences across Cambridgeshire however the main office base is ScottHouse in Huntingdon.

Interested in finding out more?Contact Janet Farr, Service Manager, on 07748 333 596 or janet.farr@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Closing date 6the February 2024. Interviews will be held in person at Scott House in Huntingdon in the morning of 10th, 11th and 12th February and will consist of a panel interview followed by a written exercise.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensivewellbeing packageto coverall aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to4 weeks additional annual leave(pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidaysflexiblyto better suityour personal circumstances
• MakeAdditional Voluntary Contributions(Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access todevelopment opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to supportyour personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hourseach year so you can make apositive impact on our communityduring your normal working day
• Access toPeer Support Groupsthrough our IDEAL staffequality, diversity and inclusionnetwork
• Opportunities to nominate and receiveEmployee Recognition Awards
• AnOur Cambs Rewardsaccount, giving you access to in-store and onlinediscountsas well as ourCar LeaseandCycle to Workschemes

You will chairmulti-agency Child Protection Conferences taking responsibility for ensuring the voice of the child is heard and the impact of the harm experienced by the child is evidenced.

You will be responsible for ensuring a child focused, multi-agency Child Protection Plan is devised.

In between conferences you will ensure the Child Protection plan is progressing and is keeping the child safe, escalating any concerns where relevant.

The role requires a Social Work qualification where you can evidence you have experience in working in safeguarding children and are able to recognise, analyse and manage risk. The role also requires the ability to work with children, families and colleagues from across a range of partner agencies developing positive working relationships.

This is a great opportunity to use your skills and expertise to manage a busy and varied caseload ensuring safeguarding of children is paramount and central to all decision making.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntingdon

PE29 3AD

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)