Independent Reviewing Officer
Location: Merseyside
Pay rate: £45 per hour
We are looking for experienced and passionate candidates for the Independent Reviewing Officer role. In this position, you will chair Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences, Children Looked After reviews, and Foster Carer Annual Reviews. You will ensure that all these conferences and reviews are conducted within statutory time limits and conform to statutory guidelines.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care, you will support the delivery of person-centred, safe, and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience, you will make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills, you will establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.
You will be committed to ensuring positive and sustainable results from your interventions. Using best practices, you will strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly, you will have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.
Perfect candidate will be:
* Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
* Experienced in working with children and families, including those from vulnerable groups.
* Creative, flexible, and forward-thinking in approach.
* Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
* Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
* Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
* Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans.
* Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service.
* Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis.
* 4 years plus qualified.
In this role you will:
* Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessments of risks, protection, and social care needs.
* Manage an agreed caseload.
* Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
* Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
* Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.
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.
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