Independent Reviewing Officers

There are two Independent Reviewing Officers ( IROs ) sub teams within Cheshire East Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit. 

All IROs

  • make sure that the plans for children and young people, match their assessed needs and state clearly what is required to meet these needs
  • make sure children, young people, parents and carers understand the plans 
  • make sure everyone listens to what children, young people and their parents have to say
  • make sure everyone is keeping to their part of the agreed plan

Cared for IROs

Monitor the quality of Care /Pathway Plans and services provided to children and young people and undertake:

  • Cared for reviews
  • Pathway Plan reviews
  • Chair Disruption meetings for children and young people whose  long term placements broke down and Chair Level 2 Meetings (Pan Cheshire Protocol) for children missing from home/ care
  • contributions to audits, portfolio reading and tracking events

The Annual Report of the Cared for IRO team (PDF, 453KB) is a reflective account of their activity in 2019-2020 which outlines their involvement and challenge in ensuring good outcomes for children in our care.

Child Protection IROs

Become involved when there are significant risks to a child or young person and a multi agency child protection plan is required, CP IROs chair:

  • child protection conferences
  • contextual safeguarding conferences
  • harmful sexual behaviour conferences (AIM2)
  • Level 2 Meetings (Pan Cheshire Protocol) for children missing from home
  • undertake significant audit activity 

Contact information

Independent Reviewing Officers contact information
NameEmail and phone number  

Katherine Oldacre

Head of Safeguarding

Katherine.oldacre@cheshireeast.gov.uk


Rachel Kenyon 

Safeguarding Manager
Cared for Children

Rachel.kenyon@cheshireeast.gov.uk 

01606 288817 

Lisa Cook

Safeguarding Manager
Children in Need / Child
Protection / LADO

Lisa.cook@cheshireeast.gov.uk

01606 288934

Angela Ford

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Angela.ford@cheshireeaast.gov.uk

07816 593101

Kevin Tang

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Kevin.tang@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07901 114875

Rachel Riley

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Rachel.riley@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07966 824240

Allison James

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

 

Allison.james@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07816 367393

Cheryl Malkin

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Cheryl.malkin@cheshireeast.gov.uk


07917 587530

Elisabeth Maher

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Elisabeth.maher@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07810 815360

Tyler Hand

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Tyler.hand@cheshireeast.gov.uk


07826 511999

Sarah Baron

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Sarah.baron@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07711 230512

Sophie Steventon

Cared for children
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Sophie.steventon@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07876 137918 

Claire Shepherd

Fostering Independent Reviewing
Officer

Claire.shepherd@cheshireeast.gov.uk

 07973 827502

Natasha Goodwin

Child Protection

Independent Reviewing
Officer

Natasha.goodwin@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07500 975492

Julia Tharatt

Child Protection
Independent Reviewing
Officer

Julia.tharatt@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07920 818778

Jenny Brown

Child Protection
Independent Reviewing
Officer

jennifer.brown@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07920 818778

Janet Losinski

Child Protection
Independent Reviewing
Officer  

 Janet.losinski@cheshireeast.gov.uk

07813 343612 

Local Authority Designated
Officer 
(LADO)

lado@cheshireeast.gov.uk

01270 685904

 


Page last reviewed: 16 January 2024

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