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About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Lead Child Protection Practitioners to join our Multi-Agency Safety Teams, leading high-quality practice for children and families who need us most. The Barnet Multi Agency Safety Team supports children experiencing both intra-familial and extra-familial harm. We welcome applications from LCPPs who have a particular interest in contextual safeguarding and working with children where risks are present outside the family home. As a Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP) you will deliver a consistently high standard of child-centred, strengths-based and relationship-focused safeguarding practice to children, young people and families. You will be part of a specialist team culture that is inclusive, reflective, and focused on continuous improvement, where high support is matched with high challenge. You will work in partnership with children, families and professionals internal and external to the council, leading on section 47 enquiries, investigations, child protection (CP) conferences, family-led planning and practice, ensuring that all work is timely, analytical, and grounded in the lived experience of the child. Working collaboratively with partners, you will champion approaches which keep children safe from harm, build resilience and support families to make sustainable change. You will be supported by a strong workforce development programme, enabling you to grow as a practitioner while embedding Barnet’s values and practice standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead high-quality practice for children and families.
- Support children experiencing intra-familial and extra-familial harm.
- Deliver a consistently high standard of child-centred, strengths-based and relationship-focused safeguarding practice.
- Work in partnership with children, families, and professionals.
- Lead on section 47 enquiries, investigations, child protection (CP) conferences, and family-led planning and practice.
- Ensure all work is timely, analytical, and grounded in the lived experience of the child.
- Champion approaches which keep children safe from harm, build resilience and support families to make sustainable change.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of legislation, policy, and safeguarding practice, with the ability to apply this confidently in complex situations.
- Excellent communication skills, leading clear, analytical, and impactful multi-agency meetings, investigations, assessments and plans.
- A strong track record of improving outcomes for children and families and influencing multi-agency partnerships.
- A commitment to relational, strengths-based and restorative practice, ensuring children and families are meaningfully involved.
- The ability to lead with integrity, curiosity and compassion, in an environment where staff feel valued, supported and appropriately challenged.
- A passion for delivering high-quality, equitable services that recognise and respond to diversity within our communities.
- Must hold a recognised social work qualification.
- Must be registered with Social Work England.
Skills
- Contextual safeguarding
- Child protection
- Section 47 enquiries
- Multi-agency meetings
- Investigations
- Assessments
- Planning
- Strengths-based practice
- Relationship-focused practice
- Relational practice
- Restorative practice
Location
- Barnet
Work Type
- Flexible Working
- Part-time
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Lead
Education Level
- Recognised social work qualification
Salary/Compensations
- £64,062 - £70,059
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Comprehensive Flexible Working Policy
- Lifestyle discounts
- Payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance
- Recruitment and Retention supplement of 10%
About the Company
- Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work.
- As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future.
- We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better.
- As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative – which drive everything we do.
- In Barnet, we are committed to creating a culture where practice excellence, strong relationships, and continuous learning underpin everything we do.
- We provide a supportive environment in which practitioners can thrive, delivering meaningful, lasting change for children and families.
- Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
- To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
- As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
- Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance.
- Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
- All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of four months.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
- Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
- If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
- We support the access to work scheme.