Qualified Social Worker, Kinship Team, Wigan
Pay rate £35 per hour
Contract role
Vitalis are recruiting within for a Qualified Social Worker to work in a Fostering Team in Wigan Council.To provide support and supervision to a caseload of kinship foster carers to assist them in providing excellent care to children
1. To work closely with staff within the service and social work teams to effectively support foster families
2. To assess and provide training/ development opportunities to foster carers
3. To prepare high quality, accurate and thorough reports for a variety of purposes e.g. presentation in legal proceedings, LADO consultations, planning meetings, children’s reviews, fostering and adoption panels
4. To carry out an annual review of foster families
5. To contribute to the development of the fostering service
6. Be willing to work flexibly including evening work, when required
7. Be placed on the duty rota to respond to SGO support
8. Ensure children in care are safeguarded and relevant procedures are followed if an allegation/ concern is raised against a foster carer
9. Ensure that children’s care and development needs are met within placements
10. Manage and appropriately prioritise tasks within an allocated workload
11. To assess the need for resources to support a foster care in meeting the needs of any children placed including the identification of risk to children and young people, assess their need for protection, and determine the best method of intervention, ensuring that the Team Manager is consulted/advised throughout the case progression
Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:
Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)
12. Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
13. Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
14. Looked After Children (LAC)
15. Children’s Social Work
16. Adult Social Work
17. Service Manager
18. Head of Service
19. Team Manager
20. Assistant Team Manager
21. A wide range of housing roles
22. Careers in SEND in local authorities
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