Children’s Social Worker
Team: Fostering Kinship
Location: Wigan
Rate: £35
Details:
Position is within the Kinship assessment team, completing viability/Regulation 24 assessments and Form K.
Supervision of approved kinship carers also part of the role, prior to transfer to supervision and support team.
The Fostering Service aims to provide high quality Foster Care placements where each child will have stability, secure and a warm, safe nurturing environment in which they can develop and thrive.
The service is committed to the aims of meeting the placement needs of current and future children looked after and care leavers. We support positive outcomes through understanding the assets and needs of our children looked after and care leaver population, current provision, and identify measures that need to be put in place to ensure that there is an appropriate range of provision to meet future projected need. In commitment of permanence and ambition to find the right placement for children looked after we aim to reduce the number of placements out of the borough and in residential care.
We strongly believe that family-based care in their own communities is usually the right option for children and young people whether that is with a special guardian, foster carer, or connected person and improves outcomes for our children and young people.
There are three areas of responsibility:
Support, Supervision and Training of Foster Carers
Supervising Social Workers hold caseloads of 21-24 fostering households (25-40 children in placement)
Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Recruited Foster Carers and Supported Lodging Hosts
Assessing social worker hold responsibility for virtual recruitment, robust telephone calls, initial visits, pre-approval training, 4-6 fostering assessments and 1-5 newly approved carers.
Assessment and Approval of Connected Foster Carers Foster Carers and Special Guardians
Social Workers hold 4-6 full connected assessments; 3-5 Viability/Regulation 24 assessments, 7 connected carer and temporary approved connected carer households
Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:
* DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
* Social Work England registration
* Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
* Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
* Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
* Possess knowledge of service needs.
* Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
* Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
* Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises
Why Ashberry?
* Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
* Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
* Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
* £250 Referral bonus.
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