Child Protection Lead Practitioner

Overview

Our client, Newcastle City Council is looking for a Child Protection Lead Practitioner to join their team.

• To make decisions when considering thresholds of need and risk of harm to children and support practitioners in their work with children and families relating to Child Protection processes and thresholds.
• To chair Strategy Meetings, Child Protection Conferences and other meetings as necessary and to coach, mentor and provide support, guidance and direction to practitioners across the Children's Services system (both Council led delivery services and external partners) relating to risk of significant harm to children.
• Convene and chair multi-agency meetings (i.e. Strategy Meetings and Child Protection Conferences) when required in accordance with Local Authority's and NSCP procedures, ensuring that the child's plan is implemented within the child's timescale.
• Ensure records and reports are completed within timescales, monitored, and shared appropriately.
• Ensure meetings are conducted according to statutory and policy requirements and core standards, and that all children and young people, parents/carers and relevant professionals are supported to participate.
• Contribute to the formulation and delivery of multi-agency training, including advanced and specialist training relating to safeguarding children and best practice.
• Support and challenge, where appropriate, issues such as drift, delay or identifying gaps with service provision through the Local Authority's Case Discussion and Escalation Process.
• Be accountable for relevant decision-making processes and utilise IT systems to record professional involvement to agreed recording standards and timescales and support the provision of data/information for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
• Provide expertise related to child protection activity and co-work with lead practitioners, including non-social work qualified team members and partners, making key decisions to support child protection work where relevant.
• Work within a flexible framework to meet service demands outside usual core hours.
• Act as a specialist resource to teams, managers and appropriate others, providing advice, guidance, consultation, direction and training as required.
• Participate in the completion of reports relating to practice reviews and other quality assurance activity, as required.

• A personal one-on-one service from your dedicated Remedy consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London with first access to jobs.
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

* Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is an APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief.

All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

• Job Title:
  
  Child Protection Lead Practitioner
• Company:
  Remedy Medical
• Location:
  
  Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
• Posted:
  Jan 20th 2026
• Closes:
  Feb 20th 2026
• Sector:
  Social Care
• Contract:
  
  Contract
• Hours:
  
  Full Time