Independent Reviewing Officer-(Child Protection Conference Chair). Job in Leicester Education &[...]

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council seeks a Child Protection Conference Chair. The role involves overseeing protection plans for children and collaborating with various agencies to ensure improved outcomes. Ideal candidates will have management experience, expertise in childcare, and a passion for delivering high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Management experience at Grade 12 or above.
• Strong statutory childcare and child protection background.
• Ability to chair complex meetings.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing plans for children subject to Child Protection Planning.
• Driving service ambitions forward in cooperation with partner agencies.
• Providing robust overview and challenge of plans.

Skills

Management experience

Statutory childcare

Child protection

Time management

Communication

Leadership

Data analysis

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA / Working from home

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: per annum (pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25th May 2025

Interview Date(s): 17 th 18 th & 19 th June 2025

About the Role

As a Child Protection Conference Chair you will be part of an enthusiastic and experienced team who oversee the plans for children who are subject to Child Protection Planning working in an OFSTED Outstanding Authority.

You will be part of a team who will drive the ambitions of the Service forward ensuring you are working in cooperation with colleagues within children and family services partner agencies children and their families to ensure that children are safeguarded and that there is a vision for their future.

For a Child Protection Conference Chair you will enable the local authority to continue to achieve improved outcomes for children and young people by providing robust overview and challenge of plans for children subject to Child Protection Planning without drift and delay whilst having support from your Assistant Service Manager.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

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About You

Please refer to these 7 points when making your application giving examples as evidence of how you meet them.

What do you need to be successful

• You will need to have management experience working at Grade 12 or above and a strong statutory childcare and child protection background.
• You will be passionate about delivering the highest standard of care to our children and recognise the significant role that the Child Protection Conference Chairs play in supporting operational colleagues in driving forward plans and preventing drift and delay.
• You will have strong skills in time management working effectively and flexibly to meet deadlines and be a strong communicator.
• You will be able to chair complex meetings and present information both verbally and in reports to different groups including children political leaders senior managers and the wider workforce.
• You will be able to give confidence to others with a can do attitude lead and inspire others and be ambitious to deliver the departments ambition to become outstanding.
• You will be performance driven with a keen eye for data and a proactive approach to quality assurance.
• You will be able to support and challenge your colleagues to benefit our children with their voice central to your work.

This post is the subject of a Social Work Qualification Social Work England registration

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to share our commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Kara Walne Assistant Service Manager

Tel:

Email:

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 47694 - 52155