What's involved with this role: Interim Children’s IRO - Children’s Services Reference no: Middlesbrough MID1051786 Pay Rate: £196.09 per day PAYE 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: MIDDLESBROUGH Enhanced DBS disclosure required Oversee and review care plans to ensure that the local authority is acting in the best interests of children. Key Responsibilities : Oversee care plans and ensure they’re meeting the needs of children Chair review meetings and organise them in a child-friendly way Act as a first point of contact for children and advocate for their interests Ensure care plans are being fully implemented by local authorities Act as a consistent and trusted point of support in a child’s life Manage relationships between children, families, local authorities and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) Ensure local authorities are fulfilling their statutory obligations Provide guidance and support to social workers, families, placement providers and other external partners Follow formal escalation processes to raise concerns with senior managers or Cafcass Qualifications: Relevant social work degree/ qualification HCPC Registered Knowledge: Knowledge of child protection legislation, policies and best practice guidelines Experience: Experience of conducting child-centred and family-focused reviews Skills & Abilities: Decision-making and problem-solving skills to handle complex and sensitive cases Effective leadership and management skills Effective communication skills to manage competing relationships Critical thinking skills to assess complex information and make evidence-based decisions The ability to act as a critical friend to social workers to ensure good outcomes for children Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please