PLO Reviewing Officer - Children's ServicesLocation: Swindon Working pattern: Hybrid, with two days per week in the officeCaritas... Read more
Location: Swindon
Working pattern: Hybrid, with two days per week in the office
Caritas Recruitment is looking for an experienced PLO Reviewing Officer to support children's social work teams through Legal Planning Meetings, pre-proceedings and court processes.
This role requires a restorative approach, combining high challenge with high support, to strengthen assessment, care planning and timely case progression.
Key responsibilitiesProvide social workers with a reflective space to prepare for Legal Planning Meetings, ensuring assessments clearly identify harm.Ensure genograms and chronologies are accurate and fit for purpose.Support the timely progression of cases through pre-proceedings and court.Promote family-led practice, including Family Group Conferences and the involvement of fathers.Lead reflective case discussions, strengthening analysis and exploring the "so what?" within assessments.Progress care-planning meetings and support robust permanence planning, including triple tracking.Quality-assure court statements from an IRO/Children's Guardian perspective.Facilitate pre-CMH meetings with Children's Guardians and social workers.Liaise with the Children We Care For Team regarding post-adoption and foster-care family contact.Ensure effective final care-planning and legal-planning meetings are held, with coherent permanence plans in place. Essential experience and skillsQualified and experienced Social Worker with at least five years' experience.Previous experience as an Independent Reviewing Officer, Child Protection Chair and/or Children's Guardian.Extensive experience of pre-proceedings and court work.Strong knowledge of Legal Planning Meetings, PLO processes and care proceedings.Excellent organisation, communication and analytical skills.Confident using Excel.Previous experience of Liquidlogic would be advantageous.
ApplyIf you are an experienced Social Worker with strong PLO, court and quality-assurance experience, please contact:
Lisa Hallinan
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07469 676076
Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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Swindon, England, United KingdomTemporary
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