Job Title: Adult Senior Practitioner – Fostering Team
Location: Borth & Mid Devon
Rate: £40per hour
An exciting job role has recently become available at Borth & Mid Devon. They are looking for a new member for their Fostering Team.
As someone who knows what good foster care looks like, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon. You will be working in a fast-paced and supportive environment.
Responsibilities include:
1. Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers
2. Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews
3. Unannounced visits to foster carers
4. Attendance at meetings as required (e.g., child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings, etc.)
5. Presenting to fostering panel as required
6. Facilitating foster carer support groups
7. Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children
About you:
Like us, you’ll be passionate about improving children’s life chances. As an experienced qualified social worker with energy and enthusiasm, you will be able to demonstrate success in managing complex situations. You will be committed to reflective practice and know how to energise, motivate, and challenge practitioners. You will have the ability to work to deadlines in a fast-paced and supportive environment. We are looking for people who are strong in partnership working, think creatively, and are ready to try new things.
8. Knowledge of Eclipse computer system is an advantage – strong IT skills a must
9. Full-clean license and access to a car – ability to travel as required
10. Qualified social worker with up-to-date professional registration
Please note, travel and accommodation allowance is NOT available for this role.
What we are looking for in a Social Worker:
11. Social Work England registration
12. Eligible to work in the UK
13. Hold a full UK licence
14. Post-qualified experience
15. Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
16. New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
17. Twice weekly payroll
18. Free DBS and compliance service
19. Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
20. Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
21. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
22. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
23. “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
24. “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *