Independent Reviewing Officer / Child Protection Chair
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Rhagfyr 2024 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 18 Ionawr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75673810 |
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Become an Independent Reviewing Officer for
Bury and help with our ‘Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.
We are committed to flexible working- ask us for more details.
About the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our experienced and stable team of IROs dedicated to improving outcomes for children with child protection plans.
As an IRO in Bury your role will be to chair timely Initial and Review Child Protection Case Conferences, ensure that there are SMART plans in place that fully address the concerns.
You will also provide oversight, challenge and monitoring between conferences to ensure that plans result in better outcomes for all Bury’s children heard at Conference.
Bury Council is committed to ensuring that all children have a permanence plan from day one and you will play a key role in ensuring that this is considered for all children at every stage of their journey.
As an IRO in this role, you will provide advice and guidance to colleagues in Children’s Social Care and partner agencies. Your view will be vital to decision making around stepping up or down from Child Protection Planning and you will be expected to maintain a “footprint” on children’s files.
When Child Protection Plans are not effectively promoting better outcomes for children, you will have the analytical skills along with the confidence and experience to challenge colleagues. You will also celebrate good practice and highlight this to social workers and their managers.
About You
We are looking for people who are motivated, enthusiastic and committed to making a difference to children looked after. You will have excellent skills in communicating with children.
We need you to be an experienced practitioner with at least 5 years post qualification experienced under your belt and a full understanding and experience of working with all aspects of safeguarding children.
You will be experienced in chairing meetings and able to handle complex and competing demands to ensure the best outcomes possible for children and young people.
You will need to be comfortable working in a multi-agency environment and able to question and challenge partner agencies in the same way as our social care colleagues.
About Bury
Bury is a busy town with its world famous market and large shopping centre!
We are part way through a journey in Bury and are doing things differently. IRO’s are vital to drive improvements and implement our new practice model.
We are committed to finding and supporting the best talent to work in Bury. The Independent Reviewing Officers sit within children’s services but retain their independence, which enables them to advocate effectively for Bury’s children and young people.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing which will help you forge strong connections with children, young people, and their families.
We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury. We want staff who can form relationships, seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact IRO Team Manager, Sam Taylor on 07356122302 or Rae Capon -Head of Service on 0161-253-6146
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week, worked throughout the year.
Full time salaries are:
£46.731-£47.754
Plus market supplement of two additional increments per Anum
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Employee Benefits include:
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Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).
Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.
Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
Opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.
Innovative training and development opportunities.
Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment.
Professional supervision to a high standard.
Local Government Pension Scheme.
A range of attractive work/life balance policies.
26 days annual leave (rising to 31 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.
Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local business within the borough as well as a cycle to work scheme and car lease scheme.
Employee Assistance Programme, to support you through difficult times, with things like free counselling, financial or legal advice.
It all adds up to an exciting package.
We’ve improved our interview process too - you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.
Come and join Team Bury #TeamBury
We listen
We hold monthly Voice of the Workforce meetings where we discuss how we can resolve practice challenges and create better conditions for social work to thrive.
We encourage work-life balance
We want our Social Workers to have enough time to relax, spend time with family and friends, and feel good, so that they can do their best at work.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
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