Review Manager - ABS48453

Job Description

We are looking for two experienced and motivated social workers to join our Review Manager team at an exciting time of development and change.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a newly strengthened and evolving team with a clear focus on improving outcomes for children and young people. Alongside the core responsibility of independently chairing Child Protection Planning Meetings, Looked After Child Reviews and other statutory review processes, these roles offer significant opportunities to influence practice, drive service improvement and contribute to the ongoing development of Children's Services across Aberdeenshire.

Our Review Managers play a vital role in ensuring that the voices of children and young people remain at the heart of planning and decision-making. They provide independent oversight, promote high-quality practice and support partnership working across agencies to help achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

If you are looking for a role that combines independent reviewing responsibilities with genuine opportunities to influence practice and service development, we would love to hear from you.

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Requirements

This post is regulated work with Children and/or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. A confirmed offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

This post has a minimum requirement of two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer.

Responsibilities

As part of our newly strengthened team, successful candidates will have opportunities to:

• Lead and contribute to quality improvement activity.
• Influence practice and policy development across Children's Services.
• Help shape and strengthen reviewing processes.
• Support learning and continuous improvement across services.
• Work closely with partners to improve experiences and outcomes for children and families.

Additional specialist focus

While all Review Managers contribute fully to the wider responsibilities of the team, both of these posts will have an additional focus on reviewing plans for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people and supporting the ongoing development of practice, pathways and services that meet their needs.

The successful candidates will work closely with colleagues and partner agencies to provide independent oversight of plans, ensuring that young people's rights, wellbeing, aspirations and voices remain at the centre of decision-making. They will also contribute to service development activity, helping to strengthen practice, improve experiences and promote positive outcomes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people cared for and supported by Aberdeenshire Council. This specialist focus will sit alongside the full range of Review Manager responsibilities and duties.

The Individual

We are looking for practitioners who:

• Are qualified and registered social workers with significant experience in children's services.
• Have a strong knowledge of child protection, looked after children and care planning processes.
• Can provide effective independent oversight to ensure permanence plans for children are progressing timeously.
• Can build positive and effective relationships across professional networks.
• Have excellent communication, analytical and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrate commitment to children's rights, trauma-informed practice and participation.
• Are passionate about improving services and delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
• Demonstrate curiosity, creativity and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

In return, we offer a supportive management team, flexible working arrangements, opportunities for professional development and the chance to make a significant contribution to the future direction of children's services within Aberdeenshire.