Job Title: Independent Reviewing Officer – Child Protection
Location: Staffordshire (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £38 per hour
Job Description:
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an Independent Reviewing Officer for its client to join as Chairperson in the Child Protection team based in Staffordshire.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will chair Child Protection Conferences and statutory Child in Care reviews, ensuring all plans are robust, achievable, and centred on the child’s needs. You will visit children, gather their views, and ensure their voices are central to decision-making. As an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) and Child Protection (CP) Chair, you will scrutinise multi-agency planning, challenge delays, and escalate concerns where necessary. You will also monitor Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), Personal Education Plans (PEPs), and Health Assessments, contributing to quality assurance and promoting restorative, child-centred practice across Staffordshire and beyond.
Benefits:
1. Competitive rate of pay
2. Hybrid working
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
3. Social Work England registration
4. Eligible to work in the UK
5. Hold a full UK driving licence
6. Post-qualified experience
7. Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
8. Free DBS and compliance service
9. Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
10. Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
11. Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
12. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
13. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
14. “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
15. “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *