Practice & Review Coordinator - Ref: CH00924

We are seeking a Practice and Review Coordinator to join the Partnerships small, hard-working business unit. The team provides a range of services to support the efficient running of the Safeguarding Partnership which is responsible for ensuring that the delivery of services to children, and adults with care and support needs in Walsall, are effective in keeping them safe. The Practice and Review Coordinator will play an integral part in ensuring that the Partnership can fulfil this duty.

About the job

This post will work with a range of multi-agency safeguarding professionals including Health, Police, Local Authority, and Education, as well as Independent Authors commissioned to undertake SARs and LCSPRs. Key tasks will include:

• Co-ordinating multi-agency audits and review panels.


• Monitoring progress of individual reviews and ensuring these are regularly reported to the partnership


• Supporting the development, implementation and monitoring of action plans associated with the above activity.


• Contributing to the multi-agency learning and development plan by preparing and delivering briefings and learning events in response to safeguarding reviews or multi agency audits (children and adults).


• Providing high quality administrative support to the Head of Safeguarding Partnership and Quality Assurance and Improvement Lead in matters relating to child practice reviews and safeguarding adult reviews.


• Maintaining regular contact with independent authors conducting the practice reviews.
  
  Given the nature of this role the successful candidate will be a confident and resilient individual motivated to improve outcomes for children and adults with care and support needs. You will require excellent communication and organisational skills and a good working knowledge of a range of IT software such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint. You will be a strong team player but have the ability to work independently and often to specified timescales. Experience of working in a multi-agency safeguarding environment is essential., This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
  
  Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development., Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.


Find out more about Living in Walsall.

Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment.

To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment