Job Title: Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP)
Salary: £47,181 – £52,413
Location: East Lindsey South (Horncastle) and South Kesteven (Grantham), Lincolnshire
Closing Date: 15th June 2026
Interviews: 24th June 2026
Quality & Standards Service
LEAD CHILD PROTECTION PRACTITIONER
Help us shape the future of high‑quality practice in Lincolnshire.
Across Lincolnshire, great social work is built on curiosity, collaboration, and a deep belief in children’s potential. Our frontline teams live this every day, often in challenging and complex circumstances, and our Quality & Standards Service exists to stand alongside them. We strengthen practice, offer reflective challenge, and champion the high‑quality work taking place across the county.
This year, we are growing our service and bringing together passionate, reflective practitioners who want to influence practice across the whole system. Whether your strengths lie in assurance of care planning, delivering learning, practice oversight, or child protection leadership, there is a place for you here.
As an LCPP, you’ll bring clarity, structure and professional leadership to some of the most important moments in a child’s safeguarding journey. You’ll chair Child Protection strategy meetings, Initial and Review conferences, coordinate multi‑agency planning and ensure that every assessment, plan and decision is grounded in strong analysis and a clear understanding of risk. This role is ideal for someone skilled at bringing people together, managing challenge confidently, and keeping children’s needs firmly at the centre. It’s a high‑impact role where your expertise shapes safer outcomes for children every day.
The role we are recruiting to
Lead Child Protection Practitioners (LCPP)
What joining the Quality & Standards Service will give you:
* A new kind of professional impact, using your skills and experience to influence practice across whole teams, services and systems.
* A strong, supportive professional community, you will work alongside passionate colleagues who are committed to thoughtful, reflective, high‑quality social work.
* Opportunities to grow and specialise - whether your strengths lie in coaching, safeguarding, learning, research, or oversight, the service offers pathways to develop and refine your expertise.
* A service built around purpose and quality – everything we do is about improving outcomes for children and strengthening social work practice across Lincolnshire.
* Balance, reflection and purpose: Work in a space that prioritises thoughtfulness, learning and independent challenge, while still keeping children at the centre.
About Our Offer:
Along with a competitive salary of £47,181 – £52,413 (G11) we are offering:
* A contributory pension.
* Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work.
* Flexible working policies.
* Career progression opportunities.
* A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more.
We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
Lincolnshire County 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.
Our values – collaborative, adaptable, eco‑conscious, supportive, and responsible – guide everything we do. We’re looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.
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