Children's Independent Safeguarding and Reviewing Officer

24 hours ago


Devon, United Kingdom Devon County Council Full time

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and skilled practitioner to join our Independent Safeguarding & Reviewing Service.About UsWe are committed to working with children, young people, and their families/carers in an embedded and truly restorative way. We aim to promote health, well-being, and positive sustained outcomes for all, while focusing on protecting children and young people from harm. We continue to embed trauma informed, relationship-based practice with focus on a strengths-based approach, working with key partners across the county within our work with families. Our work is informed by our restorative framework to ensure that we support children and their families. About the role We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our Independent Safeguarding and Reviewing Service. As an Independent Review Officer, you will be fulfilling statutory duties towards looked after children as defined in the IRO handbook. you will be chairing child protection case conferences; ensuring correct thresholds and that the plans address risk, and quality assuring practice. Therefore, you will need to ensure that you have a good understanding of the IRO Handbook and Working Together to ensure that the Statutory requirements for both Safeguarding and children who are cared for by Devon County Council are adhered to. The post holder will need to able to travel across their locality and to wider areas of the county or out of county when required, including areas where there may be no, or limited public transport. Therefore, the postholder will need to have the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.Presence in the office is vital to embed positive relationships from the outset. This is complimented by our hybrid working model, whilst still delivering the best possible outcomes for children and young people.


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