Children’s Social Worker – Fostering – Blackburn – £35

Ashberry Recruitment; Blackburn; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Children’s Social Worker to join their Fostering Team in Blackburn. This role involves crucial responsibilities such as assessing and supervising foster and kinship carers, ensuring compliance with fostering regulations and national standards. The successful candidate will thrive in a supportive environment that promotes hybrid working, balancing on-site presence with flexibility. If you have a passion for making a difference in children's lives and possess relevant fostering experience, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of fostering regulations and national minimum standards.
• Experience in fostering or adoption is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and supervision of foster carers and kinship carers.
• Work across kinship and mainstream fostering teams.

Skills

Fostering Regulations Knowledge

Assessment Skills

Supervision Skills

Kinship Care Knowledge

Job description

Children’s Social Worker
Team: Fostering
Location: Blackburn
Rate: £35

BWD Children’s Services who have recently been rated GOOD in its full ILACS Ofsted Inspection seek a Supervising Social Worker to cover in its Fostering Service.

The role would encompass work across both kinship and mainstream fostering teams and would entail assesment and supervision of foster carers and kinship carers.

The successful applicant will need to have sound knowledge of fostering regulations and national minimum standards, kinship and special guardianship.

Previous experience in fostering or adoption would be advantageous.

BWD offers a hybrid working policy, the expectation is that the applicant is on site 3 days out of 5.

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