Independent Reviewing Officer – Isle of Wight

Pay rate – £47.50 per hour
 
Contract – Temporary  
 
Isle of Wight Council are currently recruiting an experienced Independent Reviewing Officer for their Children & Families service.
 
Hybrid working – A mix of days, will be confirmed at interview.
 

• To help implement and embed revised approach to Child Protection Conferencing
  based on the Signs of Safety model, which ensures that the outline plans captures and
  harnesses the family strengths alongside key risk factors.
• To explore and practice innovative mechanisms to ensure the views of children and
  young people are heard in CP and LAC reviews.
• To chair multi agency looked after children reviews, child protection conferences, as
  To provide specialist consultation and quality assurance.
• To be responsible for decision making at conferences and reviews ensuring there is a
  framework for reviewing compliance with plans made.
• To ensure that all plans are child centred, outcome focused. Ensure that plans capture
  the strength and resilience factors of the child and family, alongside risk and challenge.
• To build and maintain relationships with key partners to improve outcomes for children
• To ensure that all reviews of looked after children and child protection conferences are
  held within statutory timescales and to an appropriate standard.
• To monitor performance to ensure that the views of the child are understood and taken
  into account and to monitor the performance and activity of the local authority of their
  functions with relation to LA and as corporate parents.

 
Children’s Social Workers will need at least 3 years’ permanent experience with an English local authority and to be registered with Social Work England, as per DfE rules.
 
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.

 
Please contact Emma Brennan on 07384 834872 or email emma.brennan@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.