Independent Reviewing Officer

6 months ago


Burnley, United Kingdom Lancashire County Council Full time

|Salary £43,421 - £48,474 per annum | Permanent | Full Time, 37 hours per week | East Lancashire

**International Sponsorship **- this role is **not **open to international sponsorship

Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) within Lancashire hold a specialist role which stands alone in the Local Authority and has a high degree of autonomy and independence.

IROs must be a qualified Social Worker with at least 5 years post qualifying experience, including recent statutory childcare fieldwork experience. IROs are responsible for chairing statutory Looked After Children's Reviews, Child Protection Conferences and Specialist Safeguarding Meetings, with the primary task of ensuring that the care plan or child protection plan fully reflects the child or young person's needs and challenging deficits / practice issues where they arise.

An opportunity has arisen for 2x fulltime permanent IRO positions covering East Lancashire. IROs are based in a specific locality and caseloads have been significantly lowered to a manageable level in line with the IRO handbook. This enables IROs to get to know the children and young people on their caseload and form good working relationships with staff and other professionals.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

You must be registered (SWE) to be appointed as a Social Worker or have applied to register with the Social Care Council.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

**Job Description and Person Specification


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