Salary: Grade L- £52,806-£ 55,845per annum plus retention allowance of £ 3927
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is currently recruiting one Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO), situated in the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service. Independent Reviewing Officer's are expected to deliver on all aspects of the Independent Reviewing Officer Handbook, chairing reviews for children looked after, and chairing child protection conferences, should you be required to.
You will liaise closely with social work teams through consultation and have oversight of progression of plans for children.
This post provides an exciting opportunity to influence the delivery of good social work practice and promote positive outcomes for children in our care. This is an excellent opportunity to become a part of an established, talented and highly supportive service, who have a passion for ensuring children receive the best care and support possible.
We pride ourselves on our supportive team culture and our willingness to embrace learning to improve our knowledge, practice and outcomes for the families we are working with. You will have a pivotal role in quality assurance and the opportunity to contribute and make a difference to improving outcomes for children.
We are looking for highly skilled, forward thinking professional who are motivated and promote high standards of care and support to children who are looked after by the Local Authority.
You will join the Local Authority at an exciting time as we continue to strengthen our practice and expand our ambitions. Over the past few years Supporting Families continues its journey as “Good” (Ofsted 2019), remaining ambitious to continue to build on this progress and this post will be crucial to how this momentum is maintained.
All the successful appointees will need to have ambition, vision and a strong and proven work ethic. The appointees will need to match the ambition of the Authority in continuing to develop and strengthen practice in a busy and challenging Safeguarding environment.
The Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service continues to strengthen its challenge in ensuring that each child’s plan is unique to them and that children have access to advocacy. The successful candidate will need to continue to build upon this work, ensuring the use of the Resolutions Procedure where you have concerns about the progress of a child’s care plan or statutory responsibilities not being fulfilled. The successful candidates will need to have substantial post qualifying experience and have experience of providing social work supervision and support.
You should have post-qualifying experience of children and family social work including experience in child protection and planning for children looked after and substantial management experience in statutory social work with children and families. Experience in chairing complex meetings and a good working knowledge of childcare legislation is required.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication and leadership skills. You will be required to have face to face meetings for looked after reviews.
You are required to hold a relevant social work qualification and be registered with SW England
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Tower Hamlets offers the best of London in one borough.
We believe the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so. Social Workers are at the core of our work with children and families. Our approach is about enabling social workers to build relationships and strengthen families by working with people in a compassionate and understanding way.
We are determined to continue our journey of improvement and deliver outstanding services for children and families of Tower Hamlets, and our offer to staff includes:
The opportunity to work in a richly diverse, challenging and supportive inner London Borough
Competitive remuneration package
Investing in the workforce with end-to-end career support
A manageable and diverse caseload and good quality reflective supervision
Steps to Success, coaching, and bespoke learning and development support from the Learning Academy to develop your practice, with a clear framework for career development and progression into leadership.
Travel card/season ticket loan, Cycle to Work scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme
Opportunities for agile/flexible working
Discounted gym membership, access to free eye test, rent deposit scheme and & You at Work discounts as well as many other benefits
Generous annual leave package and wellbeing service
Smarter Working with new modern technology
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please contact Saima Tahsin, Project Officer at Saima.Tahsin@towerhamlets.gov.uk. For an informal discussion about working in Supporting Families at Tower Hamlets please contact Sam Nair, our Principal Social Worker at Sam.Nair@towerhamets.gov.uk