Child Protection Chair

Contract Type: Permanent 

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade H4 SCP 41 - 46 £54,143 - £59,791 per annum

Closing Date: 11th October 2026 at 23:59pm

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal.  Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team – recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Child Protection Chair within our stable Safeguarding, Quality and Review Service.  You will be responsible for chairing Child Protection Conferences and Strategy Meetings in line with our Blackpool Family Rocks model of practice, monitoring and quality assuring the implementation of child protection plans for children to support children's plans being implemented without delay and to support children being able to remain within their families.   

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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