Child Protection Advisor - Social Care - North West London

Our Client based in North West London are currently seeking an experienced Child Protection Advisor

The successful Social Worker should be comfortable working within a challenging and fast paced environment.

The successful candidate will require the following

• To chair Child Protection Conferences using Signs of Safety methodology.
• Drive the use of Signs of Safety across the multi-agency partnership.
• To provide expert advice and consultation on all child protection matters to Service Managers, Team Managers and Social Workers in the department and members of outside agencies.
• To chair or attend sub-committees, undertaking delegated tasks providing routine and ad hoc reports and providing information and analysis of current research and practise development.
• Drive good practice around CSE including chairing CSE Strategy meetings and complex strategy meetings.
• Ensure the LADO role is embedded across the partnership including promoting the LADO role and ensuring learning from LADO issues leads to practice improvements.
• Contributing to the overall effectiveness of services to children and young people.
• Develop areas of safeguarding practice expertise and delivering training and workshops to promote these areas
• Chair strategy meetings and complex strategy meetings where appropriate.
• CYP representative to multi-agency forums such as MAPPA, MARAC and VAWG.
• To provide training both within the Division and the LSCB network.
• To develop and drive practice across CYP and the partnership in key practice areas.
• To develop and implement new and innovative methods of safeguarding children and embed them into all services for children and young people.
• To carry out Local Authority Designated Officer functions.
• To deputise for the Safeguarding Manager when required

For more information Please call Bronte on 0208 418 7677 for more details or email your CV over today!