The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages are spoken in Southwark. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area. Southwark Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The role:
We are looking for a full time Child Protection Coordinator (Conference Chair). Part time and job share will also be considered.
As a Child Protection Coordinator, you will provide consultation on child protection issues, chair fair, consistent and skilled child protection conferences, and provide a quality assurance function to child protection work. You will be passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families and supporting families so that children can remain with their families. You will have a passion for partnership working with parents and their extended family, so that children are supported within their communities. You will set high expectations for all multiagency professionals working with children and provide a focus on children’s rights.
This is an exciting time for the service. We are implementing our Families First approach to conferences, and innovating in ensuring that families participate and lead fully in the child protection conference. We are also introducing independently chaired CIN meetings. When you join us, you will help us to lead in practice development in these areas.
We are seeking highly motivated individuals who are qualified social workers and registered with SW England.
About you:
You will have:
- A recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
- Knowledge of key legislation and guidance central to the implementation of a professional social work service especially with respect to Child Protection, regulations, family court processes, communicating with children and children’s rights and representation.
- Knowledge of auditing techniques and best practice.
- Experience of preparing complex case reports and presenting these in a formal setting.
- Experience of chairing multi-agency meetings and managing disagreements.
- Experience of applying the principles of equal opportunities and diversity in social work practice.
Benefits and more information:
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. You will benefit from 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 36 days with continuous service, a generous local government salary related pension, cycle to work and cycle loan scheme, season-ticket loan, confidential wellbeing and counselling support. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Additional information
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at Basic level.
For an informal discussion about the posts please contact Tendai Murowe by email tendai.murowe@southwark.gov.uk
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Thursday 22nd December 2022 at 23:59
Interview date: Friday 6th January 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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