Independent Reviewing Officer

Connect2Surrey|Surrey County Council
Independent Reviewing Officer - up to -45.82 UMB
CFL
Woking

Job Description:

Casework Management

• Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.
• Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.
• Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.

Assessment and Review

• Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.
• Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.
• Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations. Safeguarding * Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.
• Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.

People Management

• Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.
• Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.
• Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.
• Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.

Work with others

• Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.
• Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.
• Ensure that all staff in the team are adhering to the requirements of data quality legislation.

Essential Qualifications & Experience Required

• Professional social work qualification and registered with the Social Work England.
• Extensive working knowledge of child protection and child care practice, relevant legislation, regulations and guidance including Working Together to Safeguard Children and The IRO Handbook.
• Knowledge of equal opportunities and human rights legislative framework.
• Comprehensive knowledge of roles and responsibilities of all other agencies involved with children.
• Ability to manage complex situations including conflict, anger and aggression, maintaining professional boundaries and focus on child''s needs.
• Effective chairing skills for meetings of small and large groups of people involving users and other professionals.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate a wide range of information from different professional perspectives and assess risk.
• Ability to deal with situations with sensitivity, tact and diplomacy, ensuring that children/parents/carers views are respected and, fairly and effectively represented.
• Organised, efficient in time management and able to prioritise competing, complex demands. Enhanced DBS clearance. Willingness and ability to travel around county and work outside normal office hours.

Connect2Surrey is a trading style of Surrey & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Surrey County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Surrey is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.