Member of the Independent Family Returns Panel
- Body
- Home Office
- Appointing Department
- Home Office
- Sectors
- Communities, Education, Regulation
- Location
- Flexible within the United Kingdom. However, the successful candidate will be required to attend meetings at Home Office Headquarters in Central London on occasion.
- Skills required
- Audit and Risk, Communication / Media / Marketing, Legal / Judicial, Regulation
- Number of Vacancies
- 1
- Remuneration
- The role is remunerated at £200 per day, based on an expected time commitment of one day per fortnight.
- Time Requirements
- 3 years
Campaign Timeline
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Competition Launched
03/08/2022
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Closed for Applications
12/09/2022
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Panel Sift
W/C 26 September 2022
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Final Interview Date
W/C 24 October 2022
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Announcement
TBC
Assessment Panel
- Panel Member
- Shehla Husain
- Panel Role
- Panel Chair
- Positions
- Deputy Director, Public Protection Unit, Public Safety Group Departmental Official
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- Panel Member
- Helen Chamberlain
- Positions
- Chair of the IFRP Representative of Organisation
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- Panel Member
- Richard Childs QPM
- Positions
- Independent Member
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Vacancy Description
Do you want to play a leading role in advising the Home Office on how to best safeguard children’s welfare?
As a member of the Independent Family Returns Panel (‘the Panel’) you will contribute to the operation and output of the Panel that provides independent case-by-case advice to the Home Office on how to best safeguard children’s welfare during a family’s enforced return. The advice provided by the Panel helps to ensure that individual family return plans take full account of the welfare of the children involved, and therefore meeting the Home Office’s statutory child safeguarding duty.
To complement its existing members, we are seeking one new panel member with a law enforcement background.
All members will need to possess excellent communication and influencing skills, the ability to work collaboratively with other members, and to constructively contribute to discussions, negotiating between conflicting opinions to reach consensus. We are seeking candidates with strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with Panel members and stakeholders in a multi-professional environment, and to actively and constructively contribute to discussions, negotiating between conflicting opinions and generating options to reach consensus.
There is a high level of interest in family returns, so the ability to remain independent in an environment of regular scrutiny by the media, the public, and others is a key element of the role.
This appointment will be for an initial period of three years.
Person Specification
It is essential in your supporting statement that you provide evidence and proven examples against each of the selection criteria in Part One only of the person specification, in so far as you are able. These responses will be further developed and explored with those candidates invited for interview, together with the criteria listed in Part Two.
Part One – Essential Criteria
Skills, abilities and experience
- Experience of working in the public protection / safeguarding area within the Police.
- The ability to bring from their respective areas of expertise, authority, knowledge, and breadth to a complex issue of public interest and importance, and specifically to apply professional expertise to the welfare and safeguarding needs of families
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with Panel members and stakeholders in a multi-professional environment, and to actively and constructively contribute to discussions, negotiating between conflicting opinions and generating options to reach consensus.
- The confidence to deal with difficult situations sensitively, and to take and be accountable for decisions.
- An appreciation of equality and diversity and a willingness to champion difference.
- Evidence of working successfully in a professional, community or voluntary capacity on committees or other decision-making groups and reaching impactful and timely conclusions.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and families from diverse communities and backgrounds and in challenging contexts.
- Experience and understanding of the immigration and asylum system, especially where it affects children and families.
Part Two – Knowledge, Skills and Attribute
Personal qualities
- The ability to recognise and draw appropriately on professional expertise with self-awareness.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, having the ability to listen, work effectively with and gain the trust of staff within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
- Personal integrity and the ability to demonstrate authority, commitment, and consistency.
Additional Information
The successful candidates will be required to have or be willing to obtain security clearance to Security Check (SC) level. It usually takes between 4-5 weeks to obtain the security clearance. The role will be offered on a conditional basis until the successful candidate has passed all checks. The successful candidate will be encouraged to take up this appointment as soon as possible, subject to the successful completion of all pre-appointment checks.