Police Lead - Multi Agency Child Protection Team

Bedfordshire Police is now offering an opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to become our Police lead for the new Multi-Agency Child Protection Team in Luton Borough Council. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled and qualified individual to represent Bedfordshire Police whilst working alongside our partners to give the best service to our most vulnerable child victims. The Families First for Children Pathfinder (FFCP) was announced in February 2023 as part of the government’s children’s social care implementation strategy, Stable Homes, Built on Love. It responds to recommendations from the independent review of children’s social care, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report on child protection in England and the Competitions and Market Authority’s market study of children’s social care provision. The pathfinder will test delivery of key strategy commitments. From July 2023 to March 2025, the programme is investing over £45 million to design and test radical reforms in a number of local areas, across the policies: Family Help Undefined Protection Family network support packages Safeguarding partners The expert led Multi-Agency Undefined Protection Team will bring a clearer focus to undefined protection and take quick and decisive action where children are suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm. The team will compromise of a core of dedicated, highly skilled, suitably qualified leads from local authority children’s social care, police, health and education working together within an integrated team to deliver specific undefined protection functions.

The MACPT Police Lead will have significant demonstrable knowledge and experience to act as a recognised expert in the field of safeguarding and undefined protection. The role will:

Work in partnership with colleagues and manager within children’s services, police and education, in order to provide a coherent and coordinated service to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Investigate and support decision making where there are situations involving significant harm to children and young people.

Participate in and lead rollout of regular safeguarding supervision and consultation with team managers.

Support and lead the delivery of the roll out of the FFCP reforms across Bedfordshire Police.

Ensure effective communication between all partners at an operational level and strategically in conjunction with the tactical leads.

Mobilise the police role and function within the Multi-Agency Undefined Protection (MACPT) Investigation Team.

Provide expert police advice on matters and risks that arise through the programme.

The Police lead will support in strategic and operation meetings involving the pathfinder programme.

This new role will be based out of Luton Townhall however there may be the requirement to travel and occasionally work out of Bedfordshire Police Headquarters and Luton Police station when needed.