Independent Reviewing Officer Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Independent Reviewing Officer to work full time based in Bury.

The salary for this Independent Reviewing Officer job is up to £54,282 per annum.

• To convene and provide an independent chairing service for multi-agency and departmental meetings in matters relating to Child Protection, Looked After Children, Private Fostering, Supervision Orders & missing from home.
• To arrange and chair Child Protection case conferences, Looked After Children’s reviews, private fostering reviews, supervision order reviews & occasional child in need reviews, within required timescales and ensuring that each child’s plan is reviewed in line with regulations, guidance and department procedures.
• To ensure ‘best practice’, rigour and out-standing care and safety planning for Bury children, working constructively with senior managers and offering a critical perspective and appropriate challenge to the Local Authority.
• To ensure the quality of practice within the department. To monitor performance of the local authority’s function as a ‘Corporate Parent’ and identify and challenge areas of poor practice and recognise and promote best practice.
• To provide a specialist consultancy and advice service to staff of the department and other agencies.
• To drive and facilitate the department in developing strong safe, effective and transparent relationships with other agencies and wider community networks.
• To ensure that Child Protection conferences appoint a Key Worker for children made subject to a plan, identifies core groups members, coordinates and provides the structure of the Child Protection Plan and identifies the nature and extent of the core group assessment and multi-agency working of the child protection plan.
• To promote and monitor adherence to the Child Protection and Looked After Children Regulations, guidance and departmental procedures to enable a consistent and high-quality service to children and their families who are receiving services from the department.
• To ensure that services are planned and delivered in a way that maximises participation and reflects children’s rights in relation to the services being provided, and to act on the views of children and young people and demonstrate that the child’s voice is heard and reflected in all the work with children and young people.
• To attend supervision and appraisal meetings as required and accept advice as appropriate.
• To advise the manager and any other relevant senior manager on matters which require their attention.
• To undertake regular themed department audits and quality assurance of social care case work and provide learning feedback to practitioners on outcomes to improve quality of service delivery.

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

This Independent Reviewing Officer job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

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.