Independent Safeguarding and Reviewing Officer £38

3 months ago

Staffordshire, United Kingdom GCS Recruitment Specialists Ltd Full time

Job Purpose

To provide a consistent and high-quality service to front line teams in the chairing and management of statutory reviews for children looked after and of child protection conferences as governed by:

- The Children Acts 1989 and 2004
- Statutory guidance for the review of children's cases 1991 for the Review of Children's Cases 1991
- The Adoption & Children Act 2002, specifically the Review of Children's Cases (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004 - IRO Guidance
- Working Together to Safeguard Children: 2020
- Children and Social Work Act 2017

Key Duties/Responsibilities
- This post entails the planning, preparation and chairing of child protection conferences and statutory reviews for Looked After children

Strategic Management
- To deputise for the Manager as required.
- To develop and maintain effective partnership working across the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors.
- To ensure the delivery of CLA reviews and CP conferences in accordance with statutory requirements.
- To contribute to the development of a service delivery plan.
- To ensure that young people are enabled and empowered to express their views in appropriate settings, developing a range of methods to engage with young people including children who have a disability.
- To work effectively as part of the Children's Services Safeguarding Review & Quality Assurance Service.
- To chair and be accountable for decision making in child protection conferences and statutory reviews for children who are Looked After, ensuring that requirements are met arising from the legislative framework, statutory guidance and departmental policy. This includes ensuring that statutory reviews and conferences for children are held within the appropriate time scales.
- To assess and make complex decisions about the safeguarding of vulnerable children using policy procedure, and research.
- To provide general information, advice and guidance, in the capacity of a Safeguarding Advisor, to professional colleagues, members of the public and all other external agencies.
- To contribute to the Council's delivery of the management of allegations/LADO responsibilities, by providing advice and chairing LADO Strategy meetings as required.
- To work with multi-agency partners to maximise a joined-up approach to the development and delivery of outcome-based plans. These outcome-based plans must be SMART and should reflect specific, measurable and realistically achievable interventions that can be implemented within proportionate timescales.

Performance
- To provide a timely written record of the discussion and decisions made in a statutory review of a child in care. To provide a timely written record of the decisions made in a child protection case conference.
- To contribute to the formation and implementation of training and development programmes, in respect to the Children's Services' workforce.
- To contribute to the promotion of high standards of competence and decision making in child protection and childcare, using evidence and research to inform good practice.
- To maintain a high level of professional knowledge in childcare legislation, policy and procedure, and with particular reference to evidence-based practice.
- To ensure that the decisions from the review set out clear and measurable actions.
- To use the independent reviewing challenge/ issue resolution process is actioned when appropriate, including, if necessary, a referral to CAFCASS.
- To effectively demonstrate the capacity to positively challenge poor practice, whilst working constructively with senior managers, escalating concerns where necessary, all in the interest of promoting best outcomes for children and young people. Instances of challenge and escalation will be undertaken, recorded and progressed, in-line with the existing Resolution Process.
- To contribute to quality assurance monitoring systems in order to raise concerns as to practice, adherence to procedure or resource provision with the appropriate managers.
- To contribute to divisional audits or management reports as required.
- To monitor the performance of the local authority in its corporate parenting role, legal responsibilities and functions in relation to children in care. To challenge poor practice or decision making and acknowledge good practice.
- To ensure that appropriate scrutiny is given to the Care Plan, Personal Education Plans and Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP). To ensure that they reflect individual children's needs and address permanence planning within viable time scales for each child.

Resource Management
- To prioritise caseload to ensure deadlines and timescales are achieved.
- Ensure that documentation, record keeping, accounting and communication is maintained.
- To appropriately prepare for reflective supervision.

Communications
- To provide advice and consultation to Social Workers, Team Managers and to relevant professional staff from partner agencies, as to practice and proc

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