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Date Added: Sat 14/03/2026

Independent Reviewing Officer- IRO

Greater Manchester, UK
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Company: REED

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £40.00 per hour

Our Client, a Greater Manchester council is seeking a Children’s Independent Reviewing Officer to join their Team.

Fantastic payrate of £40 per hour!

Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

  • Chair statutory reviews for looked-after children, ensuring care plans are robust, child-centred, and aligned with legislative requirements.
  • Provide independent oversight and challenge to social work practice, escalating concerns where statutory duties, timescales, or quality standards are not met.
  • Monitor the progress of care plans between reviews, ensuring actions are completed and children’s outcomes remain the primary focus.
  • Build meaningful relationships with children and young people, ensuring their voices, wishes, and feelings are central to decision-making.
  • Lead on the processing of Subject Access Requests (SARs), ensuring compliance with GDPR and data protection legislation.
  • Coordinate information gathering for SARs across children’s services, working with teams to produce accurate, timely, and appropriately redacted records.
  • Provide expert advice to staff on confidentiality, information-sharing, and data protection principles.
  • Maintain high-quality records and reporting, contributing to service performance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.

Requirements of this role:

  • Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England
  • Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying social work experience

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

  • Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
  • Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
  • Free CV building and Interview support.
  • Free DBS checks.
  • Weekly payroll.
  • PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
  • CPD contributions.
  • Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
  • Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!

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