Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Conference Chair

Cardiff Council are looking to recruit an experienced and permanent Independent Reviewing Officer/Child Protection Conference Chair to join our growing services for children, young people and young adults. You will be joining a well-established and dynamic team to continue the good work in the Independent Reviewing Service. You will have relevant experience of working with and understanding to roles of an Independent Reviewing Officer and Child Protection Conference chair. You should also be able to demonstrate skills in chairing and reviewing care plans. Cardiff is committed to working in a strength based and trauma informed approach. Knowledge of this will be key to the role, however training will be provided. An exciting opportunity has become available for a passionate and creative individual to join our new Reviewing Hub. The Reviewing Hub brings together our well-established Safeguarding and Reviewing Service, as well as other important reviewing services. Key functions of the Hub include the Independent Reviewing Service, Child Protection Conferences, Care and Support Plan Reviews as well as other important Safeguarding functions. The Independent Reviewing Officer and Child Protection Conference chair is a dual role, where you will be responsible for reviewing the Care and Support Plans of Children Looked After, as well chairing Child Protection Conferences. There are opportunities to work flexibly in line with Cardiff’s flexible working policy. The Care Planning Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations (2015) requires an IRO to chair reviews of children who are in an adoptive placement prior to an adoption order being granted; Looked after subject to a statutory order or accommodated with the agreement of parent and Young people in Young Offender Institutions subject to a Care Order or on remand as required under Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offender’s Act 2012 (LASPO 2012). An understanding of the AFA Cymru ‘Practice Standards and Good Practice Guide’ and the Wales Safeguarding Procedures further outline the IRO and role of the Child Protection Conference Chair. The main duties of the post holder will be to ensure you are focussed on needs of children and ensuring they are addressed, minimising drift and checking the consistency of care planning and decision-making. You should be a registered and experienced Social Worker, have experience of working with Looked After Children as well as the ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines and timescales. Good communication and organisational skills are vital for this role. Mae Cyngor Caerdydd yn awyddus i recriwtio Swyddog Adolygu Annibynnol/Cadeirydd Cynhadledd Amddiffyn Plant profiadol a pharhaol i ymuno â'n gwasanaethau sy’n tyfu gennym ar gyfer plant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion ifanc. Byddwch yn ymuno â thîm deinamig a sefydledig i barhau â'r gwaith da yn y Gwasanaeth Adolygu Annibynnol. Bydd gennych brofiad perthnasol o weithio gyda a deall rolau Swyddog Adolygu Annibynnol a chadeirydd y Gynhadledd Amddiffyn Plant. Dylech hefyd allu dangos sgiliau cadeirio ac adolygu cynlluniau gofal. Mae Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo i weithio mewn ffordd sy'n seiliedig ar gryfder, gan ddefnyddio Arwyddion Diogelwch. Mae gwybodaeth a phrofiad o'r dull hwn yn hanfodol, ond darperir hyfforddiant. Mae cyfle cyffrous wedi dod ar gael i unigolyn angerddol a chreadigol ymuno â'n Hyb Adolygu newydd. Mae'r Hyb Adolygu yn dwyn ynghyd ein Gwasanaeth Diogelu ac Adolygu sefydledig, yn ogystal â gwasanaethau adolygu pwysig eraill. Mae swyddogaethau allweddol yr Hyb yn cynnwys y Gwasanaeth Adolygu Annibynnol, Cynadleddau Amddiffyn Plant, Adolygiadau Cynllun Gofal a Chymorth yn ogystal â swyddogaethau Diogelu pwysig eraill. Mae’r Swyddog Adolygu Annibynnol a Chadeirydd y Gynhadledd Amddiffyn Plant yn rôl ddeuol, lle byddwch yn gyfrifol am adolygu Cynlluniau Gofal a Chymorth Plant sy'n Derbyn Gofal, yn ogystal â chadeirio Cynadleddau Amddiffyn Plant. Mae cyfleoedd i weithio'n hyblyg yn unol â pholisi gweithio hyblyg Caerdydd. Mae Rheoliadau Lleoli Cynllunio Gofal ac Adolygu Achosion (Cymru) 2015 yn gofyn bod SAA yn cadeirio adolygiadau o blant sydd mewn lleoliad mabwysiadol cyn i orchymyn mabwysiadu gael ei roi; yn Derbyn gofal sy’n destun gorchymyn statudol neu mewn llety gyda chaniatâd rhiant a Phobl ifanc mewn Sefydliadau Troseddwyr Ifanc sy’n destun Gorchymyn Gofal neu ar remánd fel sy’n ofynnol o dan Ddeddf Cymorth Cyfreithiol a Deddf Cosbi Troseddwyr 2012 (LASPO 2012) Mae dealltwriaeth o 'Ganllawiau Safonau Ymarfer ac Arferion Da' AFA Cymru a Gweithdrefnau Diogelu Cymru yn amlinellu ymhellach  swyddogaeth y SAA a Chadeirydd y Gynhadledd Amddiffyn Plant. Mae cyfle cyffrous wedi dod ar gael i unigolyn angerddol a chreadigol ymuno â'n Hyb Adolygu newydd. Mae'r Hyb Adolygu yn dwyn ynghyd ein Gwasanaeth Diogelu ac Adolygu sefydledig, yn ogystal â gwasanaethau adolygu pwysig eraill. Mae swyddogaethau allweddol yr Hyb yn cynnwys y Gwasanaeth Adolygu Annibynnol, Cynad