We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Achieving for Children, to assist with the appointment of a Local Authority Designated Officer, on a 1-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £45.00 - £56.63 per hour

Hours Per Week: 22

Summary:

Hybrid working: 1/2 days a week required in the Twickenham office

• This is a part time role working 3 days a week (7.2 hrs a day). The consecutive working days will be fixed days (but on occasion may need to change to meet service needs)
• The candidate must have LADO experience
• The candidate must be SWE registered
  

Responsibilities:

• Chair complex multi-agency and mulit-disciplinary child protection conferences, making decisions about the likelihood of significant harm and ensuring the conference formulates a safe and suitable plan
• Chair review meetings for looked after children, ensuring there is an effective care plan which fully reflects the childs needs with actions that are consistent with the local authorities legal responsibilities toward the child.
• Offer professional consultation and advice, chair and coordinate complex meetings, and manage allegations against people who work with children in paid employment or in voluntary work.

Qualifications:

• Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
• Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience:

• Experience of management within childrens social care.
• Experience of chairing complex multi agency and multi-professional meetings.
• Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their
  families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
• Experience of constructively challenging casework and resolving issues using effective dispute resolution processes.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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