Children's Independent Reviewing Officer

Children's Independent Reviewing Officer

Our client Bolton council is looking for a Children's Independent Reviewing Officer to join their team.

The Independent Reviewing and Conferencing Team require a full-time qualified Social Worker, to cover a vacancy within the Team to cover and facilitate Conferences for Looked After Reviews due to a secondment.

Candidates will need to have minimum of 5 years post qualification Social Work experience within childcare settings and prior IRO/ CPCC experience would be a clear advantage.

Essential to the role:

• Understanding of legislation for Children in Need; Children subject to child protection plans; Pathway plans and children Looked After
• Evidence of preparing, producing, implementing, and evaluating plans with individual Children, families, carers, and professional colleagues
• Experience of leading, chairing, recording, and facilitating child protection meetings
• Ability to relate easily to and support children and young people to participate in their meetings and engage the family in decision making

Main Duties

• To develop and manage your own resources
• To work within multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational teams, networks and systems
• To manage, present and share information, records and reports to support decision making
• To lead, chair and facilitate meetings
• To implement, and monitor compliance with, quality assurance systems
• To provide leadership in own area of responsibility
• To prepare, produce, implement and evaluate plans with individuals, families, carers and professional colleagues
• To prepare for and participate in decision-making forums
• To work within agreed standards of social work practice and ensure own professional development
• To monitor and solve customer service problems
• To manage, organise, support and maintain the use of information technology systems and software.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

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