Child Protection Conference Chair

Role Responsibility

The Child Protection Chair Service is looking for a Child Protection Chair to join us. The role is diverse and complex, and offers independent oversight and challenge of practice with the children most at risk. The role requires chairing Child Protection Conferences, but can also include chairing complex Strategy Discussions. You will be quality assuring and driving practice forward. Sometimes this may require challenge of practice  with services.

This is an exciting time for the Child Protection Chair Service and an opportunity to be at the forefront of reforms to social care. The role would be chairing Conferences in the South and East of the County.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.                      

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews to be held in person on: 26th September at Brook House, Whitstable

Contact Details

For more information about the role and the flexibility of part-time or full time, please liaise with Elena Nechita, Child Protection Quality Assurance Manager (elena.nechita@kent.gov.uk), 

or

Joanna Dunn, Business Support Lead, joanna.dunn@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.