Title: Child Review Officer

Grade: I

Salary: Up to £33,820 per annum

Location: Hybrid Working. We very much promote flexible working with the ability to work remotely from a variety of bases as well as from home, whatever makes sense and is suitable to provide the best service. Whilst many of the meetings will be virtual, there will be a requirement to travel on occasions.

Hours: 37

Contract: Permanent

North Yorkshire and York are looking for an exceptional person to fulfil the sensitive, challenging and rewarding work of Child Death Review Officer. This is a unique role that requires proven minute taking, organisational and communication skills along with the ability to analyse trends and produce reports.

Child Death Overview Panels (CDOPs) were enacted as a requirement of Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018. The purpose of the CDOP is to ensure that when a person under the age of 18 dies, there is a comprehensive and independent review of the circumstances around that child’s death. The role sits within the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children’s Partnership and supports the statutory requirements around the deaths of children across North Yorkshire and the City of York.

This is a challenging position which will require someone with a high degree of personal resilience, however they will be part of a small and supportive team made up of a Safeguarding Partnership Manager, two Policy and Development Officers and a Leadership Support Officer. The successful candidate will receive a range of supervision and wellbeing support as part of the role and will be encouraged and supported to develop relationships with other CDOP professionals regionally and nationally.

The successful candidate will work closely with both North Yorkshire and York’s Safeguarding Children Partnerships and with partners from Health and Police so it is essential that the successful candidate is able to build and maintain excellent working relationships. We are looking for someone who has exceptional business support skills, who can demonstrate excellent attention to detail and who understands the importance of multi-agency working.

We welcome conversations about this varied and interesting role and would encourage informal discussions to take place with Hannah Ellingworth, Safeguarding Partnership Manager, Hannah.ellingworth@northyorks.gov.uk  or 01609 533972.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Helpful links

NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)

SUDIC-Thematic-report_FINAL.pdf (ncmd.info)

Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance (England) (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Key documents

Job Description

Total Rewards

Key Dates

Closing Date: 27^th April

Interview Date: 5^th May – Microsoft Teams

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.