Assistant Service Leader for Safeguarding and Independent Reviewing Officer

As an Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO), you will have a combined role in reviewing and quality assuring care planning for children in our care and those who are the subject of a child protection plan you will drive and promote excellence in these areas of practice.

You will have a reduced caseload as you will also be the Assistant Service Leader for Safeguarding. You will play a key role in jointly leading the service by offering leadership oversight and supervision to some of the IRO team. You will have a key role in supporting the quality assurance and practice development work of the service, including supporting the Service Leader in the regular review of data and performance to ensure we are fulfilling our statutory responsibilities and strengthening our independent oversight of children's plans.

You will be a qualified social worker with significant experience in practice. You will have a strong commitment to working restoratively and will be skilled in forming relationships with children and their families, and with partners. You will have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and will have experience of chairing complex meetings, analysing information from multiple sources, assessing risk and formulating plans. You will have a sound understanding of quality assurance frameworks and will be ambitious to achieve excellence for the children and families of Stockport. You will also have a desire to lead a team and strive for continuous improvement of our service.

The IRO team sits within the Safeguarding and Learning Service and alongside colleagues from Family Group Conference, Participation, Workforce Development, and the Children's and Adults' Safeguarding Partnerships. We are an enthusiastic, supportive and experienced team and are keen to share our skills and knowledge - and learn new ones too!

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

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