The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages are spoken in Southwark. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area.
Southwark Council is a Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Role:
We are looking for Independent Reviewing Officers (IRO) to join our team. There is one full time post and one 0.4 post. Part time and job share will also be considered.
As an IRO, you will be passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable children and their families and will set high expectations for all professionals working with children and promote children's rights.
You will be a creative practitioner who enables children, young people and parents to participate in the review process so their voices can be heard. You will be skilled at writing meaningful letters to children and young people of varying ages to capture the minutes of the meeting in a child centred way.
You will act as an Independent Chairperson in Looked After Reviews overseeing the progression of timely and high quality plans for those children looked after by the local authority.
We are seeking highly motivated individuals who are qualified social workers and registered with SW England.
You will have:
- A recognised social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England
- 5 years post-qualifying experience with Children and Families, ideally with management experience
- Knowledge of key legislation and guidance central to the implementation of a professional social work service, especially in relation to looked after children, family court processes, communication with children and children's rights and the responsibilities of the local authority
- Experience of chairing multi agency meetings and managing disagreements
- Confidence and ability to work constructively with socialworkers, team managers, senior managers and other agencies, offering a critical perspective and appropriate challenge
- Skills to be able to produce high quality child friendly minutes of reviews in statutory timescales
- flexibility to travel and work in different locations, where our young people live
For an informal discussion about the post please contact Clare Ryan via email clare.ryan@southwark.gov.uk
Additional salary details
Full-time & Part-time opportunity available.
Benefits and More Information:
https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timetable
Advert Closing Date: 13th March 2023
Interview and assessment date: 23rd/24th March 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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