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JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Independent Reviewing Officer
Specialism: Social Worker - Children
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Salary: £42.00 per hour
Type: Ongoing, Part Time / Full Time

Independent Reviewing Officer within Children's Services in Wiltshire, earning £42.00 per hour. This ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, providing an excellent chance for an experienced social work professional to join Wiltshire Council's Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service. In this influential role, you will play a key part in ensuring children in care receive high-quality, child-centred services that promote safety, stability, permanence, and positive life outcomes.

Perks and benefits

• Part Time / Full Time: Choose a working pattern that supports your lifestyle and work-life balance.
• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £42.00 per hour, rewarding your expertise and professional judgement.
• Flexible Locum Working: Enjoy the variety and freedom that locum work offers while broadening your experience.
• Professional Development: Enhance your safeguarding, quality assurance, and leadership skills within a specialist service.
• Networking Opportunities: Collaborate with professionals across social care, health, education, fostering, and partner agencies.
• Meaningful Impact: Influence care planning and decision-making to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Supportive Environment: Work within a dedicated service focused on best practice, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.

What you will do

• Chair Reviews: Independently chair statutory reviews for children in care in accordance with the Children Act 1989, the IRO Handbook, and relevant legislation.
• Monitor Care Planning: Oversee and scrutinise the quality and effectiveness of care planning and decision-making processes.
• Promote Children's Voice: Ensure children's wishes, feelings, and views are heard, respected, and central to decision-making.
• Challenge Practice: Identify delays, poor practice, or decisions that are not in the child's best interests, escalating concerns where appropriate.
• Track Progress: Monitor the implementation of care plans and ensure agreed actions are completed within required timescales.
• Multi-Agency Working: Work collaboratively with social workers, managers, foster carers, residential providers, health professionals, education services, and partner organisations.
• Quality Assurance: Contribute to service improvement by identifying trends, themes, and areas for development.
• Permanenc