3 Month Contract with a local Authority

Job Purpose

• Independently reviewing care plans for children and young people who are subject to child protection, in the care of the local authority, or are care leavers. It requires providing effective oversight to ensure high standards of care, monitoring the local authority’s performance in managing children's cases, and challenging poor practice where necessary to promote the best outcomes for children and young people.
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• To assist in the strategic organisation and management of the Child Protection conference and Child in Care review process, in accordance with LSCB procedures, and statutory and local polices for children.
  
• To manage and chair statutory Child in Care Reviews and Child Protection Conferences.
  
• To occasionally manage and chair Foster Home Reviews where necessary in the absence of the Foster Care Reviewing Officer, adhering to foster home review procedure and fostering regulations.
  
• To occasionally manage Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) processes regarding advice and consultation on allegations against people who work in paid employment or who are in voluntary work.
  
• To ensure that Child Protection Plans provide the child with appropriate safeguarding, that they are achievable and are reviewed regularly.
  
• To ensure that plans for Children in Care are based on a detailed and informed assessment, are up to date, effective and provide a real and genuine response to each child’s needs.
  
• To monitor on an ongoing basis Children in Care cases which also includes monitoring the performance of the Council’s function as a corporate parent identifying any areas of poor practice whether on an individual case basis or establishing collective patterns of concerns.
  

Essential Experience Required.

• Experience of  managing or reviewing social care services for children  in need of care or protection
  
• Extensive experience of resolving conflict  and problem solving
  
• Extensive Experience of working on a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary basis
  
• Experience of managing staff and supervision of complex child protection and children in care cases
  
• Experience of Quality Assurance approaches to service improvement
  
• Extensive experience of writing complex  reports for a range of audiences
  

Essential Qualifications Required

• Requirement to possess a post graduate qualification or equivalent professional qualification
  
• Currently registered with HCPC
  

Additional information to note

• This role is 35 working hours per week.
  
• ​Enhanced DBS is required for this role
  

The role closes on 08/08/25