Conferencing and Reviewing Officers – Trowbridge or Chippenham or Salisbury

☞ Wiltshire Council

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Trowbridge South West

Category: Other

Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management Staffing Recruiting Government Administration

Position: Entry level

Job type: Full-time

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Summary

Temporary and Permanent positions available. Temporary contract runs until August 2022

Our Conference and Reviewing service are made up of a team of 13 highly experienced Social Work staff, who are supported by an administrative team, who sit within the Families and Children’s directorate.

Due to current government restrictions and guidelines, this role will be a mix of hybrid working including working from home, working across our hubs (where required) and at conferences (virtually and face to face)

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About The Role

Our Conferencing and Reviewing Officers (CROs) are responsible for organising and chairing child protection conferences and reviews for looked after children, ensuring that there is clear focus on what needs to happen to keep children safe and improve their life chances. CROs also have a role in monitoring the delivery of the Child protection plan to ensure that children and young people do not experience drift and delay.

We are currently looking for an experienced social work practitioner to come and join our friendly and welcoming team as a CP Chair. This is a very exciting time to join our service as we have been working in co-production with families to improve how child protection conferences are held. We are leading the way in Wiltshire in taking a restorative approach to practice by promoting a culture of high support and high challenge with the aim that children can be safely cared for within their own family.

If you are passionate about safeguarding and ensuring that children and families are listened to and receive the best possible help from the agencies that support them then we’d love to hear from you.

Our offer
  • We offer light, spacious and modern working environments allowing flexibility to work at any of our hubs where you will have access to free, priority parking. (During the latest government lockdown restrictions, you will be working remotely/from home, unless visits/work requirements are essential)
  • Provide you with a laptop and mobile phone, so you have the ability to work flexibly from any location across the county enabling you to be more effective and flexible in your practice.
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service, as well as the option to purchase an additional 20 days.
  • An attractive package with an excellent range of discounted products and services with national and local retailers via our Wiltshire Rewards scheme
  • Established and supportive teams who will provide monthly reflective supervision and management feedback in a culture of learning and development.
  • The opportunity to work for a forward-thinking council with a strong focus on staff engagement.
  • Employee wellbeing services and family friendly policies to support work life balance
  • A variety of ; including CMI accredited leadership programs and career paths into senior management.
  • Employee wellbeing services and family friendly policies to support work life balance
  • Discounted leisure membership
Do You Have

About you
  • Recent experience of working as a qualified Social Worker?
  • An interest in child protection work and working with children who are looked after?
  • Skills to effectively chair child protection conferences and children’s looked after reviews?
You will need to be confident in identifying and constructively challenging any practice that does not keep children safe or put their interests first.

You will need to have the skills and ability to listen to; and understand, children and young people’s views. Be able to communicate effectively with children and young people of all ages, whilst being able to ensure that all partners contribute to keeping children safe and improving their lives.

  • A 10% market supplement payment is applicable to Conference and Reviewing Officers. This market supplement payment recognises the market pay rate for roles in this area of children’s services. All market supplement payments are subject to review on an annual basis.

    Interviews will be held on: Monday 19 July 2021

    Unless otherwise indicated, all interviews are held virtually on Microsoft Teams or by phone where this is not possible.
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    Deadline: 26-07-2024

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