Child Protection Advisor - IRO

Our client Brent Council is looking for a Part-time Child Protection Advisor or IRO to join their team.

Job Purpose:

• To contribute to the provision of an effective child protection service by chairing multi-agency Child Protection conferences.
• To provide expert safeguarding advice and consultation to the department and outside agencies.
• To quality assure multi-agency service delivery and support and challenge practice in the best interest of our most vulnerable children and young people.
• To identify and promote areas of good practice and contribute to practice improvement

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• To chair Child Protection Conferences using Signs of Safety methodology.
• Drive the use of Signs of Safety across the multi-agency partnership.
• To provide expert advice and consultation on all child protection matters to Service Managers, Team Managers and Social Workers in the department and members of outside agencies.
• To chair or attend sub-committees, undertaking delegated tasks providing routine and ad hoc reports and providing information and analysis of current research and practise development.
• Drive good practice around CSE including chairing CSE Strategy meetings and complex strategy meetings.
• Ensure the LADO role is embedded across the partnership including promoting the LADO role and ensuring learning from LADO issues leads to practice improvements
• Contributing to the overall effectiveness of services to children and young people.
• Develop areas of safeguarding practice expertise and delivering training and workshops to promote these areas.
• Chair strategy meetings and complex strategy meetings where appropriate.
• CYP representative to multi-agency forums such as MAPPA, MARAC and VAWG.
• To provide training both within the Division and the LSCB network.
• To develop and drive practice across CYP and the partnership in key practice areas.
• To develop and implement new and innovative methods of safeguarding children and embed them into all services for children and young people.
• To carry out Local Authority Designated Officer functions.
• To deputise for the Safeguarding Manager when required.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

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Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.