Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair

Sanctuary Personnel; Chichester; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job description

Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair

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

The salary for this Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair job is up to £47,754 per annum.

Responsibilities:

1. Arrange and chair Child Protection & Child Sexual Exploitation case conferences, Looked After Children's reviews, Private Fostering reviews & occasional Child in Need reviews within required timescales in a structured way ensuring relevant, effective contributions by all members.
2. Chair strategy meetings for child sexual exploitation & children missing from home in accordance with the BSCB & the Authority TRI-X procedures.
3. In respect of Child Protection, agree the need for the initial conference via a duty rota consultation service, advise on the requirements of registrations for registration, and obtain a decision about registration based on discussion and agreement.
4. Cover on occasions, a duty system for the LADO and chair strategy meetings undertaken within professional abuse procedures.
5. Provide professional procedural advice to staff in Children's Services and other agencies involved in childcare issues to ensure good decision making based on sound professional judgements and conformity with Bury's Safeguarding Procedures and statutory procedures.
6. Implement quality assurance systems so that standards of service can be monitored, and contribute to any necessary practice improvement.
7. Ensure that appropriate information is supplied to maintain an accurate list of children subject to a child protection plan and Looked After Children database with information being circulated to all interested parties.
8. Work with the CLA and Child Protection administrative staff to ensure that the office functions efficiently to meet the timescales for meetings and reports and the availability of advice and guidance to departmental and inter-agency staff.
9. Provide cover and maintain specific tasks in the Manager's absence, i.e., working groups, multi-agency forums, etc.
10. Advise the manager and any other relevant senior managers on matters which require their attention.
11. Any other duties of an equal nature appropriate to the post as may be determined by the Chief Officer.

Requirements:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact: This Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.