Independent Reviewing Officer – Children & Family Community Services
Job Description
Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Independent Reviewing Officer within the Children & Family Community Services to work full time based in Guernsey.
The salary for this permanent Independent Reviewing Officer job is up to £63,481 per annum.
Main duties:
Convene and chair Looked After Children reviews to both review and to monitor a child’s case on an ongoing basis, on behalf of the Committee for Health and Social Care.
Provide cover for the Child Protection Conference Chairperson by chairing specific Child Protection Conferences, as required by the demands of the service.
Monitor the performance of the Committee for Health and Social Care’s function as a ‘corporate parent’ and identify and challenge areas of poor practice, recognising and promoting best practice.
Monitor, facilitate and promote strong inter-agency working, communication and multi-agency care and safety planning.
Manage administrative, recording and information processes as directed by HSC Children & Family Community Services policies and procedures.
Carry out a range of quality assurance activities, to include case auditing, and to quality assure case files which have been prepared for sharing as part of a Subject Access Request.
Investigate cases which are cause for concern, to include the chairing of disruption meetings, and to provide written reports on areas for concern, and guidance for future learning.
Provide a specialist consultancy and advice service to staff of the Committee for Health and Social Care and other agencies.
Act as an Independent Visitor, (otherwise known as a Regulation 44 Inspector), by visiting, inspecting, and reporting on Guernsey Children’s residential small group homes to assess the safeguarding arrangements and quality of care provided.
Contribute and drive the development of policy and best practice to service planning and development.
Contribute to, facilitate, and deliver specialist organisational and inter-agency training programmes and tools as required by the Service Manager for the Safeguarding & Quality Assurance Unit.
To assure the quality of professional practice within the Committee with particular reference to local guidance and procedures.
To manage administrative and management information processes as required, in conjunction with support staff, quality assurance staff and social workers.
To provide a consultancy and advice service to Children & Family Community Services staff and other statutory and voluntary agencies.
Requirements of this Independent Reviewing Officer job:
A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
Understanding of relevant legislation.
Continual professional development.
Social Work England registered.
Experience within Adult Social Work.
Contact:
This Independent Reviewing Officer job is advertised by Kier Turnbull; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
