Grade 12 3 full time posts available Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Do you have the drive to support and empower young people to achieve their full potential? If so, Dudley is the place for you. In Dudley we are supportive of our social workers, passionate about our restorative practice, and ambitious for the future prospects of all of our children. All of this made possible by our committed leaders who are visible and responsive. We need people like you who want to make a real difference in the lives of children and families across our borough. The Lead Child Protection Practitioner is a qualified social worker with significant experience and skill to act as an expert in the field of child protection. You must have excellent knowledge in all areas of potential Child Abuse, the contributing factors, and consequences. You will need to be able to provide expert advice and consultation to practitioners across the multi-agency partnership and support families when significant harm has been identified. You will have a role with the Strategy Meetings, section 47 enquiries, children on child protection plans and children in pre proceedings. You will need to be able to encourage family group decision making and challenge across the multi-agency group. If you are someone who is passionate and committed to excellent social work practice and achieving the very best for our Children, Young People and Families then we want to hear from you! We are a family Safeguarding Local Authority and committed to working restoratively. As such we want our social workers to spend time building relationships with families to achieve real and sustainable change. These posts are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Also, you will need to be Social Work England registered. Please get in touch with Cornelia Heaney @ cornelia.heaney@dudley.gov.uk or Terry Cranston @ terry.cranston@dudley.gov.uk if you would like any further information about this exciting opportunity. So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK. Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at https://www.dudley.gov.uk/privacy-disclaimer-statement/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents PS JD Employee Benefits List.pdf