Our team is friendly, supportive, hard-working, and dedicated to fostering. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about the recruitment and retention of foster carers to advance their career.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join the Countywide Fostering Recruitment Team. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated Social Worker to be part of a dynamic team, driving the recruitment of foster carers and contributing to the continued development of the service. The role is based at Ron Groves House, Kidlington, Oxford.
Responsibilities
* Assessing prospective foster carers, delivering the Skills to Foster programme to prospective foster carers supporting, and promoting the role of foster carers in Oxfordshire.
* Completing Initial Home Visits.
* Ensuring assessments and visits are completed within expected timescales and are of high quality.
* Contributing to the overall function and management of the Countywide Fostering Recruitment Team.
* Supporting the team with events and training, which will involve some out-of-hours working.
* Participating in monthly group reflective supervisions, individual supervisions, and mentorship.
* Collaborating with Managers in the development, delivery, and review of services for foster carers, children, and young people.
Qualifications
* Social Worker with over two years of post‑qualifying experience in relevant settings, such as Children’s Services or Family Placement.
* Excellent assessment, analytical, and report‑writing skills.
* Demonstrate understanding of the recruitment and assessment process of prospective foster carers.
* Computer literate.
Benefits
* Flexible working. We do all we can to ensure that every one of our employees has a healthy work‑life balance. Our agile working policy means you can work across council sites or from home to suit your needs and we support flexible working hours.
* You will be provided with a laptop, mobile phone and MS Teams to facilitate agile working.
* Generous annual leave allowance. We know that as a social worker, you do an invaluable job.
* We offer a generous holiday allowance starting at 29 days per year (plus bank holidays) to help demonstrate how much we value the work you do. This includes annual leave purchase scheme.
* A caring and supportive culture. We are passionate about keeping people safe, well and independent, whilst making a positive contribution.
* Other benefits include a cycle to work scheme and staff discount scheme for a range of retailers, holidays, insurance, restaurants, health & leisure activities and rail travel.
* Access to a Local Government Pension Scheme.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peer support, education and safe spaces for all.
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi‑time, part‑time working, jobsharing, nine‑day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.
Disability Confident: About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people. For more details please go to .
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