Role: Child Protection Chair/Iro Salary: £40 umb Location: Bradford Council Job Type: Temp Benefits: Hybrid. About the Role:
- To safeguard children including those at significant risk of harm by assessing and managing risk and undertaking critical decision making including taking professional responsibility for decision making.
- To challenge the practice of social workers, managers and partners to raise the standard of child protection practice for vulnerable children and young people who have suffered or are at risk of suffering significant harm.
- To provide quality assurance and support to the work of Bradford Children and Families Trust and other agencies to drive improvements in practice.
Key responsibilities include: - To chair Child Protection Conferences, arrange for appropriate attendance and chair such meetings according to the Safeguarding procedures for Bradford and to conduct reviews and other meetings in relation to children subject to a Child Protection Plan. This includes issues such as, Forced Marriage, Perplexing Presentations, Female Genital
- Mutilation, Sexually Harmful Behaviour, Neglect, Abuse and Trafficking.
- To ensure that each Child Protection Conference takes place in accordance with statutory regulations, guidance and departmental procedures, including screening to determine whether the threshold for a Child Protection Conference is met and/or other appropriate discussions and meetings under safeguarding procedures.
- To hold practitioners and managers within the Bradford Children and Families Trust and the partnership to account for outcomes for children. This includes monitoring standards of practice and, where necessary, offering challenge around working practices that fail to meet the required standard.
- To ensure that all conferences are child-focused and inclusive to promote best outcomes; representing the voice of the child in conferences even if children or young people do not
- This includes access to representation and advocacy services.
- To ensure that parents and families are provided with the opportunity to participate in conferences to represent their voices.
- To contribute to driving improvements in practice by auditing cases where children and
- young people are subject to Child Protection Plans to ensure that senior managers are sighted on the quality of practice and that steps can be taken to address deficits. To maintain and establish effective relationships with all appropriate agencies working to safeguard children and young people in Bradford and to support and lead on the development of local Child Protection forums and any locality based inter-agency teams.
- To offer expert advice, support, consultation and mediation on practice issues when
- To work confidently and constructively with senior managers, offering a critical perspective and appropriate challenge and to seek legal remedies if the Children and Families Trust fails in its duties.
About you: Education - Recognised Social Work Qualification
- Registration with Social Work England
Experience
- The applicant is required to provide evidence of having previously spoken fluently to members of the public in order to meet the Advanced threshold level outlined under Special Knowledge above.
- Extensive experience of assessment and production of appropriate plans in relation to children and families.
- Substantial post qualification experience of statutory Child Protection system.
- Providing supervision and or guidance especially around effectively managing risks to children.
- Extensive experience of working with children in situations where safeguarding is an issue.
Skills: - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong case management and problem-solving ability.
- Resilience and empathy when working with complex cases.
- Collaborative Mindset: A proactive team player who values safeguarding and empowerment.
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