Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

Posted 3rd Oct, 2024

Location

Kingston upon Thames

Salary/rate

£59,328 – £62,748

Hours

Full-time

Working arrangements

Blended

Contract type

Permanent

Closing date

30th Nov, 2024

About the role

We are looking for a permanent full time LADO to join us. The role will be to offer professional consultation and advice, chair and coordinate complex meetings, and manage allegations against people who work with children in paid employment or in voluntary work.

The core activities of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) will be to:

Offer professional consultation and advice, chair and coordinate complex meetings, and manage allegations against people who work with children in paid employment or in voluntary work.
Chair complex multi-agency and multi-disciplinary meetings, making threshold decisions about the likelihood of significant harm and providing appropriate advice and guidance

For an information discussion about his role, please contact Lorrisa Webber, Head of Service, on lorrisa.webber@achievingforchildren.org.uk.

About you

The successful candidate will have:

LADO experience (preferably).
A degree level education with a relevant professional qualification in social work and active Social Work England registration.
Experience of chairing complex multi agency and multi-professional meetings.
Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships whilst providing constructive challenge if required.
Excellent communication skills and experience of keeping and maintaining records.
Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery and statutory legislation and national policy drivers that will affect children’s services.
Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking.

About Kingston upon Thames

Achieving for Children (AfC) is a community interest company (a not-for-profit social enterprise) created in 2014 by the Royal Borough of Kingston and the London Borough of Richmond to provide their children’s services. In 2017, the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead joined AfC as our third owner.

We deliver the full range of children’s services for the three councils. Achieving for Children is a great place to work for those looking for a new challenge. Our offer to you includes:

A role in an organisation that is supportive
An induction offer that starts before you join and includes a welcome event on your first day of employment.
29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after two years and 35 days after four years
Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
Hybrid or mobile working and the technology and equipment to facilitate this
Positions available in three of the most desirable boroughs in the south - discrete relocation packages are available for selected roles
Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards
Two days accredited Signs of Safety Foundation Training
12 protected Development Days each year for all staff
Access to a huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership
On occasions we are in the position to offer some additional financial payments for particularly hard to place roles in selected service areas of AfC.

If you would like to have an informal chat about working with us, please email recruitment@achievingforchildren.org.uk

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

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