Are you passionate about making a difference to children and young people's lives?

Can you champion children and families voices through child protection planning?

Be the difference, make the change.

If you share our vision of ensuring the children of North East Lincolnshire grow up happy and healthy, safe in their homes and communities with people who love them, join our team today as a Child Protection Chair.

*Please note: In order to be considered for this role, you must be a registered and qualified Social Worker

Our Offer

Salary: Up to £48,710 dependent upon experience

 What else can you expect? – 

• Real progression opportunities within social work practice – North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Child Protection Chairs
• Regular individual and reflective case supervision
• A relational approach in all aspects of practice
• Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people’s lives
• A workplace culture that supports flexible working and the opportunity to work from home as well as a highly supportive team and working environment

Your Role

We are seeking an Child Protection Chair who is a registered qualified and experienced Social Worker.

You will chair child protection conferences and monitor the progress of child protection plans to ensure that children are supported and protected leading to positive outcomes.

Within this you will engage with children, families and their wider family networks, to ensure that their views contribute to child protection plans. You will also liaise with a wide range of multi-agency practitioners and engage them in the child protection conferencing process.  

The role includes a quality assurance function where you will monitor through audit and case tracking the progression of children’s child protection plans to support our safeguarding responsibilities.

As part of our team, you will be supported with compassionate, relational practice to help you thrive in your Child Protection Chair role. 

For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:

• Wendy Fegan, Service Manager, Independent Reviewing Service
• wendy.fegan@nelincs.gov.uk

Interviews will be held  w/c 18th August 2025
 

At North East Lincolnshire Council,

we know that together, we can be stronger.

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.

 As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.

This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme. 

In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:

• At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
• You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
• References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position

 Do you need support?

If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form. 

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Check out our Council Plan and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline.

We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivity in the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected.