Overview
Children’s IRO
Team: Safeguarding & Review
Location: Manchester
Rate: £40
Details:
The Safeguarding and Review Service are looking for an experienced Social Worker or Team Manager level agency worker to support our service. These posts require five years post qualifying social work experience. Children are at the heart of everything we do, we are looking for someone who is committed to improving outcomes for children through coproduction and strong partnership working. We have vacancies for Child Protection Chairs and well as IROs. Essential car user post. Our child led reviews with children are held face to face at the child’s chosen venue. IROs or Cp chair will also visit their children in their homes. Administration tasks can be undertaken in office or home based.
Our work patterns are flexible to meet the needs of children, who are at the heart of everything we do to improve outcomes, We work in co-production and collaboration with children and families and drive effective partnership working.
The role holder is a key member of the Children’s Safeguarding and Review Service, contributing effectively to the provision and delivery of a high-quality progressive service. The role holder is responsible for delivering an effective safeguarding and review service for children in care and children and young people at risk of harm. This includes ensuring timely, effective, concise minutes with specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely plans for children. The role holder will ensure that all meetings are held within agreed statutory timescales and are conducted in a structured and effective way, which ensure that we co-produce with parents, children and young people and that they are able to contribute effectively. The role holder will ensure that robust purposeful multi agency plans are produced which are concise with clear recommendations. Child safety is promoted and that all aspects of care, development and protection are considered in all meetings. The role holder will quality assure and evaluate multi agency plans and Cared for Children reviews to ensure compliance with Care Planning, the IRO Handbook, National Minimum Standards, Working Together to Safeguarding Children, the local Safeguarding Board Policy and Procedures.
Key Role Accountabilities:
* Effectively chair complex multi-agency child protection meetings, Cared for Children’s Reviews, analysing risk, and producing SMART plans to safeguard and achieve permanence for children.
* Ensure children are central to the work by facilitating the contribution of children, young people and parent/carers in complex meetings through effective communication.
* Quality assure, challenge and evaluate the effectiveness of child protection and multi agency plans including timely use of the dispute resolution process to prevent drift or delay in planning for children and young people.
* Effectively resolve conflicts and undertake negotiations with colleagues while maintaining independence and keeping the child’s interest as the paramount factor in making decisions.
* Monitor the performance of the Local Authority to ensure children are receiving the best service and as a Corporate Parent setting clear outcomes through independent scrutiny and regular oversight of children’s plan.
* Work collaboratively with partners to deliver high quality single agency and multi-agency training in relation to, Child Protection and Looked After Children.
* Work collaboratively with partners, colleagues and stakeholders to develop single agency and multi-agency policy and procedures.
* Work independently to evaluate plans and make appropriate decisions which safeguard children and promote their welfare.
* Personal commitment to continuous self-development and service improvement.
* Through personal example, open commitment and clear action, ensure diversity is positively valued, resulting in equal access and treatment in employment, service delivery and communications.
Office use: 000A 638E / 1
For more information please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or carlyanne@ashberryrecruitment.com
Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:
* DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
* Social Work England registration
* Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
* Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
* Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
* Possess knowledge of service needs.
* Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
* Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
* Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises
Why Ashberry?
* Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
* Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
* Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
* £250 Referral bonus.
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