CP Chair

Child Protection Advisor (London)
3 month contract | Start ASAP
£45 per hour
Inside IR35 (via umbrella)
Hybrid working

If you’re passionate about high‑quality safeguarding, confident in challenging practice, and thrive in roles where your expertise genuinely shapes outcomes for children, this Child Protection Advisor opportunity will grab your attention.

As a Child Protection Advisor, you will sit at the heart of quality assurance and safeguarding scrutiny, reporting directly into a Service Manager and acting as a critical voice in decision‑making for children subject to protection and contextual safeguarding plans. This is a role where your professional judgement matters, your influence is felt across multi‑agency partners, and your work directly improves practice and outcomes for children and families.

Your role as a Child Protection Advisor:

• Chairing Child Protection Conferences and Contextual Safeguarding Child in Need meetings
• Providing robust scrutiny of assessments, plans and decision‑making
• Leading quality assurance, audits and feedback to drive service improvement
• Offering expert consultation and constructive challenge to social work teams
• Ensuring children’s voices, wishes and feelings are central to all planning

Your previous experience as a Child Protection Advisor:

• Social Work qualification with active Social Work England registration
• Substantial post‑qualification experience within statutory children’s services
• Proven confidence chairing complex multi‑agency meetings
• Strong knowledge of child protection legislation, guidance and best practice
  Ability to influence, challenge and support practice at a senior professional level

This Child Protection Advisor role is ideal if you’re motivated by safeguarding excellence, confident working across systems, and ready to step into a role with real authority and purpose.

If you’re interested in discussing this Child Protection Advisor opportunity in more detail, or know someone who would be a great fit, please contact Angico Daley or David Midgleyon 0117 313 7110 or apply today.