Children's Independent Safeguarding and Reviewing Officer
- Devon
- Full Time
- £49,764 - £53,880 per annum pro rata
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and skilled practitioner to join our Independent Safeguarding & Reviewing Service.
About Us
We are committed to working with children, young people, and their families/carers in an embedded and truly restorative way. We aim to promote health, well-being, and positive sustained outcomes for all, while focusing on protecting children and young people from harm. We continue to embed trauma informed, relationship-based practice with focus on a strengths-based approach, working with key partners across the county within our work with families. Our work is informed by our restorative framework to ensure that we support children and their families.
About the role
We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our Independent Safeguarding and Reviewing Service. As an Independent Review Officer, you will be fulfilling statutory duties towards looked after children as defined in the IRO handbook. you will be chairing child protection case conferences; ensuring correct thresholds and that the plans address risk, and quality assuring practice. Therefore, you will need to ensure that you have a good understanding of the IRO Handbook and Working Together to ensure that the Statutory requirements for both Safeguarding and children who are cared for by Devon County Council are adhered to.
The post holder will need to able to travel across their locality and to wider areas of the county or out of county when required, including areas where there may be no, or limited public transport. Therefore, the postholder will need to have the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.
Presence in the office is vital to embed positive relationships from the outset. This is complimented by our hybrid working model, whilst still delivering the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Jenna Wiles – Jenna.Wiles@devon.gov.uk
About you
You will be an excellent, experienced, and confident qualified social work practitioner, with previous management or quality assurance experience. You will be organised and have good communication skills. You will want to join a team of like-minded practitioners who are working together to improve outcomes for children and young people and service provision. You will have supervised social workers, understand the demands of operational teams and the importance of positively impacting practice through support and challenge. You need to be able to evidence a sound knowledge of local and national policies and procedures and keep up to date with research and good practice.
What we can offer you
There are many benefits to joining Devon County Council and in exchange for your dedication, skills and experience we can offer a number of employee benefits including:
- Generous annual leave, and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
- Free onsite parking
- Flexible working opportunities and promotion of a healthy work-life balance, including working from home where possible – Please visit Happy to Talk Flexible Working for more information
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
For more information about living and working in Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
Applications close on 22nd June 2025 and shortlisted applicants will be contacted to arrange interview dates promptly. We aim to hold interviews on 1st July 2025.
Please Note: At this time, we are only accepting applications from candidates who are currently residing in the UK and are unable to consider overseas applications.
Internal Applicants, please note: If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.
Additional Information
- This role requires a DBS disclosure
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English
- DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice
REQ008003 – Children’s Social Care
Interview Date: 1st July 2025
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