Independent Reviewing Officer/CP Chair, £45ph, Surrey
Pertemps are recruiting for an experienced Independent Reviewing Officer and Child Protection Chair.
Duties:
- To ensure that for the children to whom they are the CPC/IRO, that there is a comprehensive care plan for each looked after child or child subject to child protection concerns that will meet the needs of the child, keep her/him safe, and is effectively implemented within agreed timescales in line with relevant statutory requirements and departmental policies.
- Chair a range of key multi-agency meetings for looked after children and children requiring protection and children in need, ensuring that meetings are recorded efficiently and that plans for individual children are appropriate and are progressed efficiently.
- Ensure that all meetings involving children, young people and their families are ‘user focused' and enable their fullest participation possible and operate in line with the Family Safeguarding practice model.
- Liaise effectively with operational managers and resolve disagreements or conflicts between themselves and case practitioners effectively and efficiently, alerting and escalating to senior managers issues which cannot be resolved.
- Provide advice and guidance to operational staff on specific case matters, carry out a quality assurance function (completion of QA forms, midway meetings, monthly audit programme) in relation to departmental and inter-agency casework practice, identifying and following up concerns about practice standards, using the local dispute resolution process where required, contributing to case auditing and service reviews as required.
- Record data as required to support the performance management of the service and provide regular reports to a range of management, senior management and governance bodies.
- Adhering to local practice standards for CPC/IROs.
Requirements:
- Professional social work qualification and registered with the Social Work England.
- Extensive working knowledge of child protection and child care practice, relevant legislation, regulations and guidance including Working Together to Safeguard Children and The IRO Handbook.
- Knowledge of equal opportunities and human rights legislative framework.
- Comprehensive knowledge of roles and responsibilities of all other agencies involved with children.
- Effective chairing skills for meetings of small and large groups of people involving users and other professionals.
- Willingness and ability to travel around county and work outside normal office hours.
If this sounds like the role for you, please contact Aishah Hassan on
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This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn't the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC Children's Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager