Service Co-ordinator for Child Protection Conferences - Surrey

Posted 11 March 2019
Salary £280.00 - £300.00 per day + Depending on experience
LocationSurrey
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
Referencerem-948576984_1552302792
Contact NameHolly Astrop

Job description

Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an experienced Service Co-ordinator for Child Protection Conferences to work within Surrey County Council.

Job Purpose

  • Manage and develop a team of Child Protection Chairs (CPCs) and Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs), engaging and consulting with key stakeholders across the council and external partners, to support business efficiency and service improvement.
  • Ensure that relevant looked after children (LAC) and child protection meetings are appropriately chaired and recorded and that individual plans for children are in their best interests, are being progressed efficiently and are improving outcomes for these children and young people.
  • Manage consistency of practice across a large group of CPCs/IROs (c30 in total), ensuring that all aspects of child protection/IRO statutory guidance is well implemented across the department and amongst partner agencies, and that relevant statutory requirements and departmental policies are met.
  • Working closely with operational managers, ensure that CPCs and IROs support and add value to the implementation of new practice models and contribute to routine auditing of casework across the department.
  • Ensure that concerns CPCs/IROs may have about plans or practice in individual cases are resolved efficiently and informally if possible or are escalated to senior management as necessary.
  • Deliver timely evidence based routine and annual reports on performance of the service to relevant management groups and governance bodies to support effective and compliant service delivery.


Work Context

  • The Quality and Performance Division comprises an integrated set of strategic services which support and inform operational services in the department, better engage with our partners and service users and which contribute significantly to our continuous improvement ambitions.
  • The CPC/IRO Coordinator works closely with senior and operational staff in the council and across key partners in the delivery of safe and effective support for children who have become looked after or children who are in need of child protection planning.
  • Team Managers instil in all of their services an ethos of personal accountability in providing high quality services and improving the lives of children and young people. They forge positive and beneficial relationships with partners to ensure the integrated delivery of services and work innovatively to create efficiencies of scale and pool resources in order to maximise the use of public funds.
  • The role flexibly manages resources in its team of Child Protection Chairs (CPCs) and Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) to deliver a professional and responsive service.


Education and Knowledge

Leadership & People Management
* Lead, direct and manage the service delivery of a team and ensure that all cases including complex and high risk are progressed in line with quality, national and legislative standards.
* Lead, motivate and develop individuals using a coaching approach to better meet current and future requirements of the service.

Service Delivery and Standards
* Ensure that team plans are developed to reflect wider service plans and strategies and that the necessary resources are in place to deliver an effective and high quality service.
* Review the operations of the team to identify improvements in systems, processes, procedures and working methods, and propose changes to secure greater efficiency and compliance.

You will need to be:

  • HCPC registered
  • Eligible to work in the UK
  • In depth knowledge of national legislative and policy agenda for Children's Services, including regulation of children social care.
  • Knowledge and experience of child protection and LAC processes and their application within a service focused environment.
  • Proven ability to interpret and analyse information and formulate and present reports and recommendations.
  • Excellent organisational and planning skills.
  • Ability to effectively evaluate risk and the consequences of certain decisions.
  • Significant experience of working directly with children and young people in a social care setting, together with a track record at Team Manager level of improving children's and young people's lives in a UK statutory setting.
  • Enhanced DBS clearance.
  • Willingness and ability to travel around county and work outside normal office hours

Why Choose Remedy?

Competitive pay rates

Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies

1st tier agency

Up to £250 for each social work professional you refer to us who we place*

If you are interested and would like to find out more please apply to this advert with a copy of your updated CV. Alternatively, please send your CV directly