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Child Protection Case Conference Chair
Location: Barnsley
Rate: £45 umbrella
Hours: 37 Per week
Start: ASAP
An Child Protection Case Conference Chair is required for Barnsley Council.
The role entails office based days for when meetings are taking place and requires a candidate who has good QA skills to promote and drive positive outcomes for children.
The successful advocate will have a good knowledge and understanding of positive practices in the role to ensure they function as a critical friend to social care and partners to drive positive outcomes.
Job purpose & context:
To chair and oversee Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences, with responsibility for monitoring the progress of plans and quality of practice, in conference and in-between conferences.
Duties:
• To chair Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences as directed and to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, national guidance, regulation and statute.
• To ensure and promote high quality social work and multi-agency performance for children and young people most at risk.
• To provide scrutiny of the operational safeguarding and planning activity of Social
Workers within the child protection arena.
• To provide safeguarding advice and consultation to Social Work staff in complex child
protection cases.
• To ensure plans for children are appropriate and do not drift.
Skills , knowledge & experience:
Strong working knowledge of Legislative frameworks and statutory guidance
relevant to Children’s services
• Solid understanding of Government drivers including Working Together etc.
• Extensive knowledge of Child protection work, causal factors and Social Work
Methodologies, risk assessment models and processes, quality assurance methodologies
• Current research and academic theory relating to Child protection
• Psycho Socio and economic factors impacting on children and families
• Assessment and Social work interventions
• Extensive understanding of child care and development.
• Commitment to Equal Opportunities and Anti-Oppressive Practice
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to form effective relationships with, and communicate effectively
with, children and families.
• Ability to write coherent, grammatically correct, and well formatted
reports
• Ability to make difficult decisions in a timely fashion.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to present verbal reports confidently and succinctly in a range of different settings.
• Ability to analyse complex information and explain complex issues succinctly.
• Ability to undertake sound and well evidenced risk assessments
• Ability to work well under pressure and deliver to deadlines.
• Effectively challenge and influence Social Workers
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For more information on this position or similar roles please contact Carly on 01282 525510 or carlyanne@ashberryrecruitment.com