Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
Full time
Salary:
Grade 11, SCP 35 to 40
£46,581 to £53,289
Weekly Hours:
37 hrs Monday to Friday
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of an additional full time LADO in Cheshire East Council Children’s Services, to deliver the statutory functions of the Designated Officer role in line with Working Together.
As LADO, you will have responsibility for the management of allegations against people in a position of trust who work with children under 18 in a paid or voluntary capacity, you will also provide consultation, oversight and management of wider risk in the context of child safeguarding and extra familial harm including that relating to historical allegations and investigations.
You will be required to chair allegations management meetings and provide advice, guidance, support and challenge to employers, partner agencies and organisations regarding employees who face such allegations.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Cheshire East LADO’s sits within Safeguarding and Quality Assurance alongside Independent Chairs ( IRO’s) who have a role of chairing statutory Child Protection Conferences and Child in Care Reviews.
You will be a qualified, accomplished and confident Social Worker with demonstrable recent in LADO or senior child safeguarding roles. You will have a proven ability to strategically manage risk and complex investigations whilst driving forward improvements in service delivery.
You must be able to work with a level of professional responsibility and autonomy and be able to deal with complex situations that span child safeguarding, employment and HR processes. You will evidence that you can manage this in tandem with professional partners, regulatory and professional bodies.
For an informal conversation about the role please contact Lisa Cook onLisa.Cook@cheshireeast.gov.uk
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