Independent Reviewing Officer

**Salary**

Grade 9 - £41,771 - £46,142

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Open Ended

**Job category/type**

Social Care

**Job reference**

REQAA6754
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**Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Chair**

This is a full time, permanent post for 37 hours per week.

The post will play an essential role in achieving good outcomes for Pembrokeshire's looked after and accommodated children through providing a high standard quality assurance and statutory reviewing service. As IRO you will have responsibility for delivering the statutory reviewing function for young people looked after by the Local Authority, ensuring plans for all children are appropriate, timely and high quality with the voice of the child at the centre.

As Child Protection Chair, you will be responsible for chairing multi agency child protection conferences, ensuring children living in high risk situations are protected and their needs are met.

In Pembrokeshire, we pride ourselves on the quality of our prevention services which have supported many children to remain within their own families. The success of this has meant that our overall looked after population and child protection register is below the national average, ensuring manageable caseloads.

We offer a flexible service to families via a hybrid model using a mix of face to face and Microsoft Teams for meetings.

**You must possess a relevant qualification in social work and be a registered social worker.**

**Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.**

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**Safeguarding**

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

**Support & Additional Info**
- Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

In Pembrokeshire, we pride ourselves on the quality of our prevention services which have supported many children to remain within their own families. The success of this has meant that our overall looked after population and child protection register is below the national average, ensuring manageable caseloads.

We offer a flexible service to families via a hybrid model using a mix of face to face and Microsoft Teams for meetings.

**You must possess a relevant qualification in social work and be a registered social worker.