Independent Safeguarding & Reviewing Officer

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Independent Safeguarding & Reviewing Officer for its client in Wrexham.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring high-quality care planning and safeguarding arrangements for children and young people.

The successful candidate will independently chair and review plans for children subject to Child Protection, Children in Care, and other statutory processes, ensuring that children's voices remain at the heart of decision-making and that plans deliver positive outcomes.

• →Chair and oversee statutory reviews for Children in Care in accordance with relevant legislation and guidance.
• →Monitor and review Child Protection plans to ensure children remain safeguarded and protected from harm.
• →Provide independent scrutiny and challenge where practice or care planning does not meet expected standards.
• →Ensure the views, wishes, and feelings of children and young people are central to all reviews and decision-making.
• →Work collaboratively with social workers, managers, families, carers, and partner agencies to promote best outcomes.
• →Escalate concerns through appropriate channels where there are delays or deficiencies in care planning.
• →Maintain accurate records, reports, and recommendations in line with statutory requirements.

To be successful in this role you must have, 

• Social Work England registration
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Full UK driving licence
• Degree level qualification in Social Work (or equivalent)
• Significant post-qualified experience within Children's Services
• Previous experience as an Independent Reviewing Officer, Child Protection Chair, or within a Quality Assurance/Safeguarding role

•  Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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