Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Work Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair to join a well-established Children’s service based in Havering.
Pay Rate: £42.50 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract: Locum, 3-Months
Hours: Full-time. The post holder will have an occasional requirement to work outside ‘normal’ office hours / as required by their line manager up to 36 hours per week.
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to fully managed service social work projects (some outside IR35) with high rates of pay, flexible working, support from experienced social work practitioners, accommodation assistance (if applicable), retention bonuses (if applicable) and extensive equipment provided.
- Revalidation/registration renewal based on length of service
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience recruiting to social work roles (public & private sector)
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
- Access to our online careers hub
Duties:
- Responsible for chairing Statutory Reviews for Looked After Children, Child Protection Conferences and other statutory child protection meetings
- Undertake work within the Safeguarding and Service Standards Unit to raise standards within Children’s Services and support the development of the service
- Chair and minute Statutory Reviews for Looked After Children within agreed timescales
- Ensure that the review decisions are made to maintain timely progression of plans for Looked After Children and monitor implementation of such plans
- Chair Child Protection conferences and decide upon the need for a child to be subject to child protection plan
- Identify any concerns in the response of the multi-agency Core Group and monitor the implementation of such plans
- Identify any concerns in the response of the multi-agency Core Group to progress the plan and inform the relevant Service Manager
- Chair complex strategy meetings as identified by Service Manager
- Chair complex core group meetings as necessary, as identified by the Service Manager
- Ensure that all Looked After Children and children subject to child protection plans fully participate in decision making that affects them relevant to their age and understanding
- Promote improvement in practice standards by monitoring and reporting on local examples of good practice by individuals and teams and any national examples identified by research or experience
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the multi agency network relevant to the aforementioned duties and provide specialist advice and consultation as needed
- Participate in local service developments including planning, monitoring, review, evaluation, including undertaking case file audits and investigating complaints as required by the Service Manager
- Work with the IRO team to develop the service delivered
- Undertake Learning Together Reviews as directed by the service manager
Requirements of the Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Be registered with the HCPC
- Hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- Experience of successfully managing child protection work in a qualified social work capacity
- Experience of working and managing within a changing environment
- Experience of working and managing multi agency child protection partnerships
- Knowledge of Child Care legislation and guidance relevant to child protection
- Experience in the delivery and continuous improvement of services for children
Contact:
This Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair job is advertised by Jess Ling; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
