Conference/ Independant Chair (Children) CAP

• Co-ordinate and independently chair Child Protection Conferences, Looked After Children (LAC) Reviews, Position of Trust (POT), and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Strategy Meetings.
  
  


• Ensure the meaningful participation of children and young people, guaranteeing their voice is heard and taken into account in decision-making.
  
  


• Quality assure and monitor the implementation of individual Care Plans and Child Protection Plans, identifying drift, delay, or patterns of concern.
  
  


• Escalate concerns about plans for children or their implementation through the statutory Dispute Resolution Process.
  
  


• Provide consultation, advice, and challenge to operational staff and managers in Children's Social Care and partner agencies.
  
  


• Develop and maintain performance management information for reports to the Children's Services' Performance Board and Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB).
  
  

Experience

• Extensive experience in safeguarding, child protection, and Looked After Children (LAC) statutory processes.
  
  


• Experience offering quality assurance, support, and challenge to social care practitioners and managers.
  
  


• Experience chairing complex multi-agency meetings and managing dispute resolution.
  
  

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Care Planning Regulations, IRO Handbook 2010, and Working Together to Safeguard Children.
  
  


• Strong understanding of equal opportunity, anti-discriminatory, and anti-oppressive practices within children's services.
  
  

Additional Information

• Working hours: 22.5 hours per week.
  
  


• Enhanced DBS required
  
  


• We work on a biweekly payment schedule.
  
  


• This role is based in Worcestershire
  
  


• Working pattern: To be decided depending on workload/area of work