Children\'s Social Worker, Child Protection Chair, Bath, North East Somerset

Children's Social Worker, Child Protection Chair, Bath, North East Somerset Pay rate £49.88 per hour Contract role, Child Protection Chair, Independent Review Officer, LADO CP Chair, IRO, LADO Pertemps are recruiting for experienced Children's Social Worker in Bath NES This is to work as a CP Chair, IRO, LADO 

• Independent Chair – The post holder will be responsible for Chairing Child Protection Conferences, overseeing the progress of child protection plans, undertaking midway reviews to prevent drift and delay and escalate any issues of drift and delay / increase in risk / social work practice.  

• The role also includes the role of Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO), IRO's work with children in care, this being a statutory role. IRO's are responsible for reviewing the care planning for all children in care of the local authority. The post holder will be expected to utilise the dispute resolution pathway where there are concerns about care planning or social work practice, as well as highlighting strengths and good outcomes for children and their families.  

• The third element of the role involved allegations management, providing duty cover for the role of Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO). 

There is plenty of hybrid working available. Please get in touch for more information. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:- 

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Graham Leatham on or email for more information.  We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager