Child Protection Specialist

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full time
Job Title: Child Protection and Reviewing Officer

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd, a leading recruitment agency, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Child Protection and Reviewing Officer to join their team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will be based in Hillingdon and will work full-time.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate professional to provide independent chairing of reviews of looked after children, ensuring that the views of children and young people are heard and given due attention. The ideal candidate will have a social work qualification or equivalent and will be able to contribute to the development of recording, evaluation, and quality assurance systems for children subject to child protection plans and looked after children.

Key Responsibilities:
  • To comply with statutory guidance, current legislation, and the IRO Handbook by providing independent chairing of reviews of looked after children, and to attend and participate in meetings relevant to the care and decision making for children and young people.
  • To ensure that the views of children and young people are heard and given due attention, and to ensure that children and young people actively participate in these processes.
  • To carry out quality assurance monitoring, report findings, and make recommendations about the practice improvements required.
  • To contribute to the development of recording, evaluation, and quality assurance systems for children subject to child protection plans and looked after children.
  • To act as consultant to managers, social work staff, and other agencies about policy, procedure, and practice relating to safeguarding and Children Looked After, with the aim of providing direction and guidance to ensure standards are maintained and procedures are adhered to.
  • To develop clear, outcome-based plans to secure a child's future safety and well-being.
  • To ensure the implementation of care plans through monitoring and liaison with social workers and managers, and to use the escalation procedure as and when required.
  • To establish service and practice standards for all aspects of Children and Families services, develop and implement quality monitoring and audit systems, and contribute to the development of performance culture.
  • To identify patterns of concerns emerging not just around individual children but more generally in the collective of children subject to child protection plans and looked after through performance systems that identify these in service delivery.
  • To deputise for the Safeguarding Manager, ensuring that resources are deployed effectively and efficiently.
Requirements:
  • A social work qualification or equivalent.


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