Job Description

Social Worker / Safeguarding and Child Protection Officer

An exciting opportunity for a qualified Social Worker to support safeguarding, child protection and complex investigations, working with vulnerable children and families in a multi-agency environment.

If you've also worked in the following roles, we'd also like to hear from you: Child Protection Social Worker, Safeguarding Practitioner, Family Support Social Worker, Children's Services Social Worker

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SALARY: £36,057 - £46,507 per annum + £3,000 per annum RRA (Recruitment and Retention Allowance) + Benefits

LOCATION: Warrington, Cheshire, North West England

WORKING PATTERN: Flexible Working / Compressed Hours Available

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Social Worker / Safeguarding & Child Protection Officer who has the skills to response to complex safeguarding and child protection concerns.

This is a unique opportunity to develop skills in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults within a law enforcement agency focusing on serious and organised crime.

The Safeguarding & Child Protection Team require a Social Worker / Safeguarding & Child Protection Officer who has a social work degree or accreditation, registration with Social Work England, significant post- qualifying experience, and necessary skills to respond to complex safeguarding and child protection concerns.

Working as the Social Worker / Safeguarding & Child Protection Officer you will utilise your specialist skills and experience to provide advice and support investigations across different threat areas to ensure the organisation fulfils its safeguarding duties and obligations effectively and to this highest possible standard.

The role will support the triage and response to the reports received daily from vulnerable children and young people, their parents and their carers through the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Safety Centre reporting service.

The team also provides specialist safeguarding support and advice to officers across the agency which is essential to ensure high standards of safeguarding during investigations.

The successful candidate will be required to support this function including providing specialist tactical advice, developing safeguarding strategies, engaging with multi-agency partners and deploying alongside investigators in instances where safeguarding risks have been identified.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the role social workers will be exposed to indecent imagery of children, relevant well-being training and regular psychological reviews will be provided

DUTIES

Your duties as the Social Worker / Safeguarding & Child Protection Officer include:

• Develop child protection strategies to be used by investigation teams to support the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults
• Work as part of law enforcement led investigation teams to give specialist advice on potential risks to children and vulnerable adults at any stage of investigative activity and to support the Senior Investigating Officer in the risk management of operational tactics
• Provide hands on assistance in operational deployments nationally, supporting, assessing or interviewing children and vulnerable adults
• Help identify and safeguard children who are at risk of harm or are experiencing abuse online
• Participate in the triage and management of referrals from the public by undertaking risk assessments and communicating directly with vulnerable children, their parents, carers, and local safeguarding professionals
• Provide advice directly to children, parents, carers, and professionals who report child sexual abuse and exploitation through the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Safety Centre

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of child development
• Understand theoretical concepts, legal frameworks and to able work within policy and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection
• Ability to value diversity by treating people as individuals, valuing their input and contribution and work across cultures
• Computer literate
• Experience of working with complex child protection cases in a statutory social work setting
• Skills in working effectively with children and families in varied and complex circumstances
• Ability to manage time and competing demands effectively
• Able to use supervision positively to reflect and continue to professionally develop
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and with professionals from other safeguarding / child protection agencies
• Strong knowledge of child protection legislation and national guidance
• Able to demonstrate conflict resolution skills
• Able to take personal responsibility for seeking out training and development opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge

Candidates will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role

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JOB REF: AWDO-P14548

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