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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

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 

Annual Independent Review Officers Reports

• IRO Annual report 2017/2018 (PDF, 906KB)
• IRO Annual report 2016/2017 (PDF, 1.2MB)
• IRO Annual report 2014/2015 (PDF, 2MB)
• IRO Annual report 2015/2016 (PDF, 2MB)
• IRO Childrens version 2015/ 2016 annual report (PDF, 2MB)

Contact information 

Independent Reviewing Officers contact information

Name	Email and phone number
Kate Rose Head of Safeguarding	kate.rose@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 288076
Karen Chan Safeguarding Manager Cared for Children	karen.chan@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 274973 07711 230512
Susanne Leece Safeguarding Manager Children in Need / Child  Protection / LADO	susanne.leece@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 288939
Victor Aturinda Independent Reviewing Officer	victor.aturinda@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07816 593090
Lisa Cook Independent Reviewing  Officer	lisa.cook@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 288986
Rachel Dudley Independent Reviewing Officer	rachel.dudley@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07966 824240
Angela Ford  Independent Reviewing Officer	angela.ford@cheshireeaast.gov.uk  07816 593101
Ian Martin Independent Reviewing Officer	ian.martin@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07816 593015
Kevin Tang Independent Reviewing Officer	kevin.tang@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07901 114875
Rachel Thomas Independent Reviewing Officer	rachel.thomas@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07970 768560
Barbara Banks Independent Reviewing Officer Child Protection	barbara.banks@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07794 429819
Jenny Brown Independent Reviewing Officer Child Protection	jennifer.brown@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07889 185981
Michelle McPherson Independent Reviewing Officer Child Protection	michelle.mcpherson@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07789 271211
Katherine Pitchers Independent Reviewing Officer Child Protection	katherine.pitchers@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 288934
Julia Tharatt Independent Reviewing Officer Child Protection	julia.tharatt@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07920 818778
Local Authority Designated Officer  (LADO)	lado@cheshireeast.gov.uk 01606 288931