Specialist Practitioner Independent Reviewing Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; In loco; GBP 38.000 - 46.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Pension contributions

Social Work England fee reimbursement

Wellbeing day

Generous annual leave

Agile working

Vivup discounts

Supervision wellbeing policy

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Descrizione del lavoro

Warwickshire County Council’s Independent Reviewing Service is seeking an experienced social worker for a permanent, full-time role. The post focuses on statutory reviews of children’s care plans, quality assurance, and supporting social workers and managers in decisions.

The role offers agile working, generous leave, and a pension contribution, with strong team retention and opportunities for supervision focused on wellbeing.

Competenze

• Experienced social worker.
• Ability to review information and ask the right questions.
• Ability to make decisions quickly and ensure they are carried out.
• Knowledge and experience to support decision-making by social workers and managers.

Mansioni

• Conduct statutory reviews of children's care plans.
• Support decision-making for social workers and managers.
• Review information, ask the right questions and ensure decisions are carried out.
• Contribute to quality assurance and service improvement.
• Promote restorative approaches and direct engagement with young people.
• Work with health, education, police and community services as part of multi-agency teams.

Conoscenze

Statutory reviews

Decision making

Quality assurance

Multi-agency work

Formazione

Social Work degree

Descrizione del lavoro

This permanent post sits in the Independent Reviewing Service within Warwickshire County Council's Children and Families Service, and is aimed at an experienced social worker. The role centres on statutory reviews of children's care plans, quality assurance, and supporting social workers and managers in their decisions. It is a full-time, 37-hour role in an established team with strong staff retention. Team manager experience, Level 5 and about five years' experience are preferred rather than required.

What the job involves

• Conduct statutory reviews of children's care plans
• Support decision-making for social workers and managers
• Review information, ask the right questions and ensure decisions are carried out
• Contribute to quality assurance and service improvementMaintain practice standards for children and young people
• Promote restorative approaches and direct engagement with young people
• Work with health, education, police and community services as part of multi-agency teams

What’s required

Experience

• Experienced social worker

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to review information and ask the right questions
• Ability to make decisions quickly and ensure they are carried out
• Knowledge and experience to support decision-making by social workers and managers

Nice to have

• Team manager experience
• Level 5 qualification
• Around five years' experience

What’s offered

• Employer pension contribution typically around 19%
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee
• Volunteering and wellbeing day
• Generous annual leave, bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas
• Agile working
• Vivup benefits and discounts platform
• Supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload
• Refer a Friend package for some roles