Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Service Manager/Independent Reviewing Officer to fill a full-time role within a Children's Services based in Wandsworth, within the Safeguarding Service.
The salary for this permanent Service Manager/IRO job is £58,810 - £72,211 per annum.
Duties:
- Lead an excellent child-focused service that contributes to keeping children in Wandsworth safe and achieving excellent outcomes
- Promoting high standards of practice in planning and reviewing arrangements for the protection and care of children.
- To implement and deliver to the Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) in relation to the role of Safeguarding Standards Service in providing challenge and embed learning. This will include undertaking audits and carrying live audit/observation of practice.
- To ensure relevant management information on all national and local performance indicators and to establish plans to improve performance where required.
- Tracking team performance, weekly performance data and analysis for Senior Management Team as delegated by Head of Service Safeguarding Standards.
- To chair relevant panels as delegated by Head of Service.
- To be a member of the DMT, Care Panel, the Child Protection Quality Assurance Panel and any other quality assurance processes or management structures as directed.
- To create where necessary, establish and chair strategic groups on multi-agency safeguarding issues, task and finish groups on behalf of WSCP and Children's Services Dept.
- To chair multi-agency meetings and to ensure a record of the meeting is produced
- with appropriate SMART recommendations.
Requirements:
- A recognised and relevant professional social work qualification (Degree / Diploma in Social Work).
- Registered on Social Work England.
- Management experience is essential.
Contact:
This Service Manager/IRO job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
