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Independent Reviewing Officer

3 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Cleantech People Full time
**What's involved with this role:
**Job Ref: Lewisham RQ1258462

DBS disclosure required

Hybrid working - mainly Reviewing in children's placements, working from home and approx. 1 day in office
Need to be experienced as an Independent Reviewing Officer, may also cover some other Quality Assurance Roles.

Assure the quality of work with Looked After Children in Lewisham Children's Social Care, and to ensure performance is maintained.

Chair statutory reviews of Children Looked After in accordance with legislation, and to ensure plans for children progress appropriately

Key Responsibilities:

  • Be accountable for decision making in looked after reviews and other multi agency fora
  • Convene and record review outcomes in LCS within timescales
  • Provide a key role in problem resolution. To work with complaints officers, and advocates, where necessary, for the resolution of a problem.
  • Promote practice that acknowledges that becoming looked after is a final option for children and that the majority of children do best supported within their family of origin
  • Promote and model practice that is respectful of children and of parents, and takes full account of their views, rights and responsibilities.
  • Identify, record and escalate any concerns in relation to planning and achieving outcomes for children looked after.
  • Make recommendations regarding the safety of children looked after placed with parents.
  • Represent the department at local practice based fora.
  • Contribute, at the request of the IRO team manager or the QIS service manager to internal and inter agency planning groups and meetings with regard to planning
- and development of services for children.
Be responsible for monitoring, developing, maintaining and improving local quality assurance systems.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.

If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additiona
l information for clarity.**Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Qualifications:

  • Social Work Qualification and Registration

Knowledge:

  • Extensive knowledge of London Child Protection Procedures, The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review Regulations, 2010 and the IRO handbook

Experience:

  • A strong background in ensuring that high quality services are being delivered to children, providing constructive challenge where needed.

Skills & Abilities:

  • Excellent chairing skills, to confidently manage difficult meetings whilst ensuring the participation of children and young people and their parents
  • A keen eye for scrutiny, auditing, attention to detail and good report writing skills.

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**Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please