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Independent Reviewing Officer Location - Trafford Town Hall Salary Grade - Band 10 (£46,731- £48,710) Working Pattern - Full Time Working hours - 36.25 Contract type - Permanent Interview type - In person Here in Trafford Children's Services our vision is that our teams are offering the right help at the right time, and that at all levels our interventions make life better for children and families. We are ambitious for our children and for our practitioners - and our core value is 'would this be good enough for my child'? We want to have practitioners and managers who are confident and brave in their practice and are supported by strong leaders at all levels. As a relatively small local authority, we pride ourselves on our friendly teams, manageable caseloads, creative approach and colleagues who support each other. In Trafford our approach is strengths-based, using relational and restorative practice. We believe that a culture and environment in which our managers and social workers can thrive is an essential element of improving outcomes for children and families. The Safeguarding &amp; Review Service plays an integral part in driving our ambitions for children across Children's Services and the IROs/CP Chairs act as Practice Leaders in supporting and challenging practice to ensure our children receive the best practice that enables them to achieve good outcomes. About the Role As an IRO/CP Chair you will be responsible for the Chairing of Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences and Cared for Children Reviews. We have made a distinction between the two and the vacant post will be to fulfill the statutory responsibilities of the IRO for Cared for Children that you will be responsible for. There may be times, however you may be required to Chair some Initial or Review Child Protection Conferences. As an IRO you will be responsible for ensuring children who are being looked after by the local authority have regular reviews to consider their care plan and placement, taking into account their views and wishes. You will act as a practice leader providing support and challenge to all partners, and where appropriate raising informal challenges/dispute resolutions to ensure children and young people are receiving quality services that reduce risk and enable children and young people to remain within their family where it is safe to do so. You will share good practice and offer direction to partners to enable continuous improvement in practice. <ul><li>Extensive post qualifying experience of working with children and families, including children looked after by the Local Authority and children at risk of significant harm</li><li>At least 5 years' experience of working in Children's Services, with 2 years at Level 3</li><li>Experience of management of risk and partnership working</li><li>Understanding of Strength-based relational practice </li><li>Understanding of quality assurance and how this support practice improvement</li><li>Experience of using solution focused approaches in practice </li><li>Experience in team leadership and performance management</li></ul>Additional Information You may need to work outside of normal hours from time to time, including weekends and should be willing to travel within and outside of the Trafford area as required About the benefits You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford. To learn more about Trafford as a place to work visit and to view more about our awards and benefits please visit: Trafford - Benefits | <a href="http://www.inploi.com" target="_blank">www.inploi.com</a> (greater.jobs) OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment - greater.jobs | <a href="http://www.inploi.com" target="_blank">www.inploi.com</a> For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor and we won't be able to support with your work visa. Privacy Notice - The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants. To find out more, please click here: Recruitment &amp; Employment Privacy Notice (trafford.gov.uk)

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