Independent Reviewing Officer

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Independent Reviewing Officer to work Full Time based in Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent Independent Reviewing Officer job is up to £59,328per annum.

Main duties:

• To comply with statutory guidance, current legislation and the IRO Handbook by providing independent chairing of reviews of looked after children, and to attend and participate in meetings relevant to the care and decision making for children and young people.
• To ensure that the views of children and young people are heard and given due attention and to ensure that children and young people actively participate in these processes.
• To produce accurate records of these reviews. Following the review to monitor and audit cases, ensuring the regular review and monitoring of individual care plans and achievements of appropriate and timely outcomes for children and young people.
• To carry out quality assurance monitoring, report findings and make recommendations about the practice improvements required.
• To contribute to the development of recording, evaluation and quality assurance systems for children subject to child protection plans and looked after children. This will include analysis of information sharing with managers and social workers to maintain and promote high practice standards.
• To act as consultant to managers, social work staff and other agencies about policy, procedure and practice relating to safeguarding and Children Looked After with the aim of providing direction and guidance to ensure standards are maintained and procedures are adhered to.
• To develop clear, outcome-based plans to secure a child’s future safety and well-being.
• To ensure the implementation of care plans thorough monitoring and liaison with social workers and managers and to use the escalation procedure as and when required.
• To establish service and practice standards for all aspects of Children and Families services, develop and implement quality monitoring and audit systems and contribute to the development of performance culture.
• To identify patterns of concerns emerging not just around individual children but more generally in the collective of children subject to a child protection plans and looked after through performance systems that identify these in service delivery.
• To be responsible for bringing to the attention of the relevant manager any lapse in procedure which is evident and take appropriate action to ensure good practice.
• To provide consultation to Team Managers, Advanced Practitioners and Social Worker staff through linking with teams and the duty manager role.
• To deputise for the Safeguarding Manager, ensuring that resources are deployed effectively and efficiently.
• To develop, promote and sustain positive and productive internal and external, working relationships and partnerships.

Requirements of this Independent Reviewing Officer role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Independent Reviewing Officer job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.