We’re celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and we’re looking for social workers to help build on this success.
Ofsted praised our services being: “Ambitious for every child in care and celebrate their talents and achievements and the things that matter most to them. The dedication to children in care is exceptional.”
If you’re looking for a workplace where you can thrive, grow, and truly make a difference, this is your opportunity!
We are offering a £3,000 annual market supplement for this role!
All social workers within the Permanency service are offered the opportunity to undertake meaningful direct work such as life story work and the work we undertake can make life long differences to their lives. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed social workers who have the passion and the drive to make a positive difference to children’s lives and can help motivate the networks around our young people to achieve excellent standards of care and support to our young people.
AfC offers a hybrid way of working with the main office based in Kingston where you will support children and young people aged 0 to 18. Internal applicants will be considered for a secondment.
As a social worker / senior social worker within the Children Looked After team you will act as a corporate parent to our children and be the lead professional. It will be key for you to understand and champion the views and wishes of our children and young people so that they may be supported to reach their full potential.
You will work alongside other professionals, to ensure that a child and/or young person receives appropriate care, education and health services, and any other support needed to ensure their needs are appropriately met.
Supporting children living with relatives, friends of foster families and prospective adopters or children living in children's homes and young people in semi-independent units. You will be responsible for ensuring the child or young person’s safety and supporting them towards independence by:
* Undertaking regular statutory visits
* Completing and updating assessments
* Care Planning
* Working as part of a professional network to meet the needs of the children and young people
If you wish to have an informal discussion about this role please contact the Head of Service Elzanne Smit on elzanne.smit@achievingforchildren.org.uk
We are looking for a candidate who possess the following qualifications and skills:
* Educated to a degree level with the relevant social work qualification
* Appropriate understanding of statutory legislation for example the Children Act
* Planning skills for assessing and reviewing children and young people’s needs and
* Planning packages of care across a range of cases
* Experience in managing an allocated case load
* A passion for Achieving for Children's vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives
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