Local Authority Designated Officer

Hackney's Children and Families Service is looking for a Part-Time Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) to expand our team within the Safeguarding and Reviewing Service. This role provides an opportunity to further shape the quality assurance and practice across our Children's Services. This role is a permanent position.

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, committed and passionate worker, who will bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with & managing allegations against adults who work with children. This role involves working with police, children's social care, employers and other involved professionals. In addition, you will have strong knowledge of children's services from the front door, through to long term work, and looked after children and care leavers and experience of working with partner agencies.

Our Service seeks to actively contribute to organisational learning through recognising, promoting and supporting best practice and service development, retaining a clear focus upon positive good outcomes and stability for children and families across the borough. Hackney is proud of its organisational learning culture and strives to find innovative ways of engaging and facilitating change with children and their families.

We have excellent local services and a thriving cultural sector, making this one of London's most popular areas to live, work and visit. Our challenge is to ensure Hackney's economic growth leaves no-one behind and that we harness opportunities to transform the lives of local people.

Candidates must have;

• a relevant professional social work degree or equivalent
• current registration with Social Work England
• substantive post qualifying experience
• experience of managing and developing staff and best practice
• evidence of continuing professional development

An enhanced DBS check is required.

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey, please click on the apply button below.

The recruitment process is anonymous. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CVs.

When applying, there will be a number of questions relating to the post on the application form. It is essential that you complete the application questions, responding to each using examples of your skills, knowledge and experience.

This application process replaces a supporting statement.

We will not accept applications where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to assist with completing the competency questions or any part of the application form.

Closing date for applications: 23 January 2025 (22:59).

Interview dates: 26 February 2025.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available