Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for one full time qualified Social Worker in the Kinship Fostering Teams, Childrens Placement Service, based in Shrewsbury.
This is a new, developing team with a clear focus to provide support and permanence for the looked after children of Shropshire. The team's aims are to identity, assess and support potential kinship foster carers through their journey of becoming approved foster carers, to obtaining Special Guardianship Orders where appropriate.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will primarily carry a caseload of kinship foster carers with the long-term aim of supporting them to secure permanence through Special Guardianship. The successful candidate will support and supervise carers as they move towards obtaining a Special Guardianship Order, providing permanence for Shropshire's looked after children and young people. The role will also involve carrying out viability assessments, kinship fostering assessments and SGO assessments to court timescales.
Qualifications
We are looking for qualified social workers who have enthusiasm, positivity, flexibility, the ability to work to tight times scales and have a commitment to contributing to the development of the team and our foster carers. The suitable candidate will work towards supporting our carers to ensure a positive, safe and nurturing experiences for children and young people while supporting the connected families towards permanence.
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