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Newcastle Council are looking for a Child Protection Lead Practitioner to join their team. In this pivotal role, you will be the expert voice on thresholds of need and risk. You won't just be managing cases; you'll be shaping the quality of practice across the entire Children's Services system-including both Council-led services and external partners.
Job Responsibility:
Convene and chair Strategy Meetings and Child Protection Conferences
Act as a specialist resource, providing guidance, direction, and "co-working" support to both social work qualified and non-qualified practitioners
Use your expertise to challenge drift or delay through formal Escalation Processes
Formulate and deliver specialist multi-agency training to elevate safeguarding practice across the region
Contribute to practice reviews and quality assurance activities
Requirements:
BA in social work
be able to manage challenging situations
be person centred
can work as an individual or part of a team
caring
competent at dealing with all stakeholders
critical thinking
emotional intelligence
empathy
handling medication
non-judgemental
oral communication
organisational
passionate
patience
report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc)