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Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer (FIRO) and Child Protection Officer
| Posting date: | 14 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £48,474 to £53,577 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 March 2024 |
| Location: | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Company: | Liverpool in Work |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
This is a LIverpool City Council opportunity
About the Role
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
Why Liverpool?
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with it’s rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Our offer to you includes an attractive package;
35 hour working week with hybrid working model
31 days annual leave, rising to 34 days after 5 years service
Very competitive salary, highest in our region
Generous pension scheme
Regular high-quality supervision
Management training and development
Click HERE to see even more benefits
Liverpool Children and Young People Services have high ambitions and are on track on their improvement journey to become outstanding. We have an embedded and invested in a permanent locally based inspirational senior leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward in all service areas. It’s a really exciting time to join us and be part of that change and shape the future.
This has been recognised by Ofsted, in our monitoring visit Dec 2023 they stated;
‘At a strategic level, leaders understand the urgent necessity for the planned changes and have committed financially and publicly to supporting the detailed and wide-ranging improvement plan. Senior leaders are laying strong foundations to enable the necessary improvements to be delivered. Strategic priorities were quickly identified, and responded to, following the last inspection.’
We are currently recruiting an experienced Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer to join us to strengthen and improve our service delivery within our Fostering. You will have the drive and passion to deliver excellent services and improve outcomes, to ensure a positive difference and brighter future for our children and young people and their families/carers.
The role
As a Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer you will be able to confidently independently organise, co-ordinate and chair all Foster Carer Reviews, Allegation Reviews and Cause for Concern meetings to the highest practice standards, to ensure we meet our statutory requirements.
You will ensure all planning arrangements for Looked After Children are of the highest quality and fully compliant. You will regularly complete review reports with clear recommendations regarding suitability to foster.
The Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer also completes case audit reviews and quality assures practice to ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes.
Jenny Turnross, our Corporate Director warmly invites your application;
‘This is a really exciting time to join us in our improvement journey, we are truly committed to be the best Children’s Services and employer of choice, so come and join us and be part of our forward and innovative vision for our children and young people’
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment & Retention Lead – harriet.cadman@liverpool.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on 10 April 2024.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and up to date registration with Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker.
Applicants to apply online, the reference for this opportunity is LCC04453.
About the Role
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
Why Liverpool?
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with it’s rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
Our offer to you includes an attractive package;
35 hour working week with hybrid working model
31 days annual leave, rising to 34 days after 5 years service
Very competitive salary, highest in our region
Generous pension scheme
Regular high-quality supervision
Management training and development
Click HERE to see even more benefits
Liverpool Children and Young People Services have high ambitions and are on track on their improvement journey to become outstanding. We have an embedded and invested in a permanent locally based inspirational senior leadership team who have a fresh vision, dedicated to driving practice forward in all service areas. It’s a really exciting time to join us and be part of that change and shape the future.
This has been recognised by Ofsted, in our monitoring visit Dec 2023 they stated;
‘At a strategic level, leaders understand the urgent necessity for the planned changes and have committed financially and publicly to supporting the detailed and wide-ranging improvement plan. Senior leaders are laying strong foundations to enable the necessary improvements to be delivered. Strategic priorities were quickly identified, and responded to, following the last inspection.’
We are currently recruiting an experienced Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer to join us to strengthen and improve our service delivery within our Fostering. You will have the drive and passion to deliver excellent services and improve outcomes, to ensure a positive difference and brighter future for our children and young people and their families/carers.
The role
As a Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer you will be able to confidently independently organise, co-ordinate and chair all Foster Carer Reviews, Allegation Reviews and Cause for Concern meetings to the highest practice standards, to ensure we meet our statutory requirements.
You will ensure all planning arrangements for Looked After Children are of the highest quality and fully compliant. You will regularly complete review reports with clear recommendations regarding suitability to foster.
The Fostering Independent Reviewing Officer also completes case audit reviews and quality assures practice to ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes.
Jenny Turnross, our Corporate Director warmly invites your application;
‘This is a really exciting time to join us in our improvement journey, we are truly committed to be the best Children’s Services and employer of choice, so come and join us and be part of our forward and innovative vision for our children and young people’
If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment & Retention Lead – harriet.cadman@liverpool.gov.uk
Interviews will be held on 10 April 2024.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and up to date registration with Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker.
Applicants to apply online, the reference for this opportunity is LCC04453.