Your role will be to supervise and support Kinship Foster Carers and Special Guardians to a high standard to support children remaining within friends and family networks where safe, if they are unable to remain with their parents. You will prioritise safeguarding and stability whilst ensuring practice is regulatory compliant. You will be a child focussed practitioner with a focus on improving experiences and outcomes for children and young people. You will be a team player and innovative problem solver, able to work using initiative and have strong interpersonal skills to not only engage carers, but to build supportive relationships with colleagues.
You will be a passionate and motivated Supervising Social Worker who appreciates the importance of supporting some of our most vulnerable children to remain within their families if they are unable to remain with parents. You will have excellent assessment and communication skills. You will be able to work using initiative and have strong interpersonal skills to not only engage carers, but to build robust relationships with colleagues. You will be a team player and be able to see the strengths in all you encounter with a keen commitment to problem solve innovatively.
Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.
You will be joining a busy and proactive team of Supervising Social Workers, support workers and other colleagues who strive to support Wigan's children to live in family settings where they cannot live with parents.
Wigan is a great place to work, and as a Local Authority, we truly value and recognise our staff as its greatest asset. We are ambitious about our offer to Wigan's children and young people, and our shared goal is to ensure that children and young people are supported within their family and friends' network that prepare them for adulthood. Through our "BeWigan" behaviours, Be Courageous, Be Accountable and Be Positive, we actively encourage innovation, strive to deliver outstanding services and celebrate our successes.
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