Independent Reviewing Officer - Bury, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

Oldham Council

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Bury, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Bury Council
***
Post Title: Reviewing Officer

Team:
Social Care

Become an Independent Reviewing Officer for**
Bury and help with our _'Let's Do it for Children' _
vision.
**We are committed to flexible working
- ask us for more details.**
About the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our
experienced and stable team of IROs dedicated to improving outcomes for Children Looked After and those with Child Protection Plans

As an IRO in Bury your role will be to chair Children Looked After Reviews or Child Protection Case Conferences, to ensure that children are at the centre of the process and that parents are included and their voices heard.

Building relationships with children and young people, who are looked after is a key responsibility of Bury IROs.

So you will be expected to visit children and young people before their meetings and maintain oversight of their care plans between reviews, whilst ensuring their voice is captured and made known to Bury's Social Care Managers.

Bury Council is committed to ensuring that all children have a permanence plan and you will play a key role in driving this commitment and ensuring it is secured at the earliest possible moment.

One of the ways you will do this is by providing advice support and challenge to colleagues in Childrens Social Care but also professionals from partner agencies.

When Children's Plans are not effective at meeting the needs of Children Looked After or Children with a Child Protection Plan, you will have the analytical skills along with the confidence and experience to challenge colleagues.

You will also celebrate good practice and highlight this to social workers and their managers.

About You
We are looking for people who are motivated, enthusiastic and committed to making a difference to children looked after. You will have excellent skills in communicating with children.

We need you to be an experienced practitioner with at least 5 years post qualification experienced under your belt and a full understanding of and experience of working with children looked after and children who have child protection plans.

You will be experienced in chairing meetings and able to handle complex and competing demands to ensure the best outcomes possible for children and young people.

You will need to be comfortable working in a multi-agency environment and able to question and challenge partner agencies in the same way as our social care colleagues.

About Bury
Bury is a busy town with its world famous market and large shopping centre

We are part way through a journey in Bury and are doing things differently. IRO's are vital to drive improvements and implement our new practice model.

We are committed to finding and supporting the best talent to work in Bury.

The Independent Reviewing Officers sit within children's services but retain their independence, which enables them to advocate effectively for Bury's children and young people.

We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing which will

help you forge strong connections with children, young people, and their families.

We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers.

At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury.

We want staff who can form relationships, seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets, always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week, worked throughout the year.

Full time salaries are:
£45,441-£46,464

Plus market supplement of three additional increments per Anum (£ reviewed in line with policy)

Employee Benefits include:

Re-imbursement of the annual £90 Social Work England registration fees (conditions apply).

Pay increases in line with your continued professional development.

Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.

Opportunities to develop new and specialist skills.

Innovative training and development opportunities.

Supportive integrated teams and a friendly working environment.

Professional supervision to a high standard.

Local Government Pension Scheme.
A range of attractive
work/life balance policies.

26 days annual leave (rising to 31 days after 5 years), plus an additional day of leave over the Christmas period and the option to buy an additional 10 days on top of that.

Employee discount scheme which provides discounts with local business within the borough as well as a cycle to work scheme and car lease sch