We’re celebrating an OUTSTANDING achievement across all areas in our latest Ofsted inspection (December 2024) and now, we’re looking for social workers to help build on this success.If you’re passionate, driven, and ready to be part of something exceptional, now is the time. Come and grow with a team that’s setting the standard for excellence. Apply today and be part of our success!
We are offering a £3,000 annual market supplement for this role!
If you have a passion for promoting the best outcomes for children for whom we are corporate parents for and have a range of creative skills in engaging children of various ages then consider applying for a role whereby your efforts could have the difference to a young person!
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 aged0 to 18. Internal applicants will be considered for a secondment.
This is not an ASYE position these will be released early next year for the October 2026 cohort.
You will act as a corporate parent to our children and bethe lead professional. It will be key for you to understand andchampion the views and wishes of our children and young people sothat they may be supported to reach their full potential.
You will work alongside other professionals, to ensure that a childand/or young person receives appropriate care, education and healthservices, and any other support needed to ensure their needs areappropriately met.
Supporting children living withrelatives, friends of foster families and prospective adopters or childrenliving in children's homes and young people in semi-independent units.You will be responsible for ensuring the child or young persons safety and supporting themtowards independence by:
* Undertaking regular statutory visits
* Completing and updating assessments
* Care Planning
* Working as part of a professional network to meet the needs ofthe children and young people
If you wish to have an informal discussion about this role please contact hiring manager Elzanne Smit onelzanne.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 supportchildren and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives
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