Pay rate – £40 per hour Contract – Temporary Wakefield Council are currently recruiting an experienced Independent Reviewing Officer for their Safeguarding and Review unit based in Castleford. An opportunity has risen for a qualified Social Worker to join the Safeguarding and Review Unit as an Child Protection Chair. The Safeguarding and Review Unit has an experienced and knowledgeable team of professionals that chair Child Protection Conferences, Child in Care Reviews, LADO and Foster Carer Reviews within Wakefield. The service works closely with internal and external partners to support the achievement of positive outcomes for children and young people in their journey through statutory services in Wakefield. As a team we are working to develop a culture of restorative practice both within the team and with the families we work with. This is an opportunity to be an influencer, influencing social work practice through supportive links with teams and collaborative quality assurance and audit work with social workers. Child Protection Conference chair - initial conference, review, supervision orders revies and meetings Suitability checks for foster carers etc Mainly office based as the conferences are face to face bar the odd one Majority are at 5 towns - across the road from the train station Run 2 conferences a day, and could have 4 in a morning and 4 in the afternoon Working day would need to be in the office at least 9am If there isn’t a conference, they can work from home for write up but a lot of the work would be office bases Sometimes the conferences are off site so would need to be able to get there - car driver ideally Would consider someone part time - 4 days a week Run a duty system and would they be doing duty and not doing any conferences that day unless another CP chair rang in sick Only for 3 months at the moment due to covering sickness Would consider someone with experience in wanting to chair and looking to move up Start ASAP Children’s Social Workers will need at least 3 years’ permanent experience with an English local authority and to be registered with Social Work England, as per DfE rules. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you: - A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to An easy registration process (all done online) Referral schemes and incentives Ongoing compliance managed for you. Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. Please contact Emma Brennan on 07384 834872 or email emma.brennan@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information. We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.