Derbyshire County Council
Lead Child Protection Practitioner
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Closing date: 11 October 2026
Service
Family Help and Children’s Social Care
An exciting opportunity has arisen
To appoint to the position of the Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP) within our integrated safeguarding arrangements as part of the Families First Partnership Programme.
This role will be embedded within
Our Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams (MACPT’s), working alongside Family Help Lead Practitioners and Locality social work teams. The aim of this role is to strengthen relationship-based practice, multi-agency responses to child protection, and to improve outcomes for children and families.
The successful applicant will have a primary focus on
- Chairing complex child protection conferences and multi-agency strategy discussions, exercising the local authority’s statutory child protection decision-making responsibilities.
- Championing participation and the voice of the child, ensuring decisions and plans are evidence-based, timely, and robust.
- Ensuring strong relationships with families, locality teams, and partner agencies.
- Providing practice leadership and quality assurance across the partnership, including reflective case consultations, audit, and performance activity.
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The role will also require regular travel across North and South Derbyshire with duty days at Matlock County Hall.
Please note
As the Families First Partnership Programme continues to embed, there may be refinements to the role to ensure our safeguarding arrangements deliver consistent and outstanding practice across the council.
For an informal discussion
Please contact the Assistant Head of Service - Kourtney Farrell. Email address: Kourtney.Farrell@derbyshire.gov.uk
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Working for Derbyshire County Council
Derbyshire is a great place to live and work, offering beautiful countryside alongside excellent transport links to Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Manchester.
Benefits include
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Employee discounts
- Occupational health and wellbeing services
- In-house counselling and physiotherapy support
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking at most sites
Our Values
We welcome applications from individuals who share our values:
- Collaborative
- Innovative
- Empowered
- Accountable
These values guide how we work together and how we support children, families, and colleagues.
Provisional Interview Date
22nd October 2026
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