A survey of members by the National Association of Independent Reviewing Officers (Nairo), found that 72 per cent felt IRO services were “best placed within local authority management”.
The survey was conducted in response to ongoing concerns that IROs, who are responsible for championing the voice of children in care and making sure that local authority decisions on looked-after children are in their best interests, can struggle to exercise their independence when they are based within a local authority.
Under current arrangements, often the same line manager will oversee both the IRO and the social work team whose care planning is being scrutinised.
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