Do you enjoy supporting Foster Families to overcome challenges?
Do you want to help children to reach their full potential?
Are you a Qualified Social Worker with foster carer supervisory experience ?
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Job Purpose
This is a Social Work role - Fostering and is responsible for providing a social work service to foster carers and children/young people to ensure that the best outcomes for children and young people is achieved at all times in line with all statutory and regulatory requirements, alongside our client's policies and procedures.
The role will also contribute to the development of the service by working collaboratively with Family Placement colleagues undertaking such activities as recruitment and training and supporting the wider Family Placement agenda.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide customised and focused Social Work support to our client's cohort of foster carers to ensure they provide a safe and secure environment for children/young people placed
2. Undertake appropriate Social Work assessments in line with the needs of the service users
3. Adhere at all times to relevant Safeguarding procedures and immediately reporting child protection concerns internally in line with our client's policy and when appropriate to external bodies
4. Maintain knowledge and understanding of and adhere at all times to all our client's policies and procedures, legislative requirem...