Liz Gosling, IRO Manager

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Past, Present and Future of the IRO Role

• Liz Gosling, IRO Manager

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14th September 2004The significance of this
date ?
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Performance Indicators

• Reviews on time
• Participation of children
• Permanency plans and identifiable milestones

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What happens at the review meetings?
Whose meeting is this?
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From child-friendly
to child-led ?
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Involvement in Tracking
Achieving Permanence Plans
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From event manager
..to name allocated IRO for
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Local Dispute Resolution

• Status of review outcomes
• What does it look like?
• Role of manager of service

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How Independent is Independent?

• Location of service
• Access to independent legal advice
• Testing other models of service delivery

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The IRO Model now being used elsewhere
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Other forums for IROs?Should the IRO chair other
types of meetings?