Child Protection Chair/Independent Reviewing Officer

Job Description

London Borough of Harrow is looking to recruit a Child Protection Chair/Independent Reviewing Officer to chair multi-disciplinary child protection conferences. The post holder will be responsible for chairing both Children Looked After (CLA) statutory reviews, as well as Child Protection (CP) Conferences, in addition to ensuring that care plans, child protection plans and timescales reflect the needs of each individual child

You will need to effectively develop practice and provide leadership in driving forward improvements in the quality of multi-agency child protection and looked after planning. Furthermore, you will need knowledge of best practice in working with children and families to ensure that child protection plans are robust, evidence based, and outcome focused. Highly analytical with sound knowledge of relevant legislation, you will also play a central role in monitoring the effectiveness of multi-agency safeguarding practice as well as providing support and advice to Children's Services colleagues.

We are seeking someone who can work closely with other Child Protection and Children Looked After Chairs in evaluating and quality assuring social care practice within the Local Authority. You will be asked to lead on agreed safeguarding projects.

To be successful in this role you would need to have the below skills & experience:

• Monitoring quality of care and planning for both Child Protection and Children Looked After.
• Contribute to policy making and producing procedures or guidance.
• Monitoring standards and outcomes for Child Protection Plans and Children Looked After.
• Case auditing and reporting areas of strengths and areas for improvement to staff and managers.
• To contribute to the rolling programme of inducting and training of staff in respect to Child Protection Conferences and Children Looked After processes.

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information

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Important Note

To deliver our commitment to equality of opportunity in service provision, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs at the London Borough of Harrow. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. As such, we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.

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