Independent Reviewing Officer - Child Protection

Job Title: Independent Reviewing Officer – Child Protection

Location: Staffordshire (Hybrid)

Pay Rate: £38 per hour

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an Independent Reviewing Officer for its client to join as Chairperson in the Child Protection team based in Staffordshire.

In this role, you will chair Child Protection Conferences and statutory Child in Care reviews, ensuring all plans are robust, achievable, and centred on the child’s needs. You will visit children, gather their views, and ensure their voices are central to decision‑making. As an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) and Child Protection (CP) Chair, you will scrutinise multi‑agency planning, challenge delays, and elevate concerns where necessary.

You will also monitor Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Personal Education Plans (PEPs), and Health Assessments, contributing to quality assurance and promoting restorative, child‑centred practice across Staffordshire and beyond.

• Competitive rate of pay
• Hybrid working

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Post‑qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
* Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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