Fostering & Kinship Social Worker

Leaders in Care; England; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fostering organization in the UK seeks an experienced practitioner to join their Fostering & Kinship team. This role involves recruitment, assessment, training, and support for foster families, as well as ensuring compliance with statutory regulations. Candidates should hold a social work qualification and have experience or understanding of fostering practices. Competitive salaries up to £44,799 are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary up to £44,799

Supportive management

Flexible working

Qualifications

• A social work qualification & registration to Social Work England is required.
• Experience in fostering team is ideal; understanding of fostering practices is considered.
• Strong communication skills to support vulnerable children.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment and assessment of foster families.
• Training and support for foster families.
• Supervision and management of regulatory compliance.

Skills

Experience in fostering team

Understanding of fostering practices

Communication skills

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

Get into Fostering | Good Oftsed | Flexible working encouraged | Supportive management

We are looking for an experienced practitioner to join AfC’s Fostering & Kinship team.

The team covers the usual duties you’d expect from a Fostering team, including recruitment, assessment, training and supervision / support, duty services, supervising regulation 24 arrangements, as well as Form F, Form C and Special Guardianship Assessment, and ensuring families are suitably supported to help cater to the needs of vulnerable or traumatised children in their care.

Ideally you will have worked in a fostering team previously, however the council has a culture of support and development, so an understanding and exposure to fostering practices will be considered.

Windsor and Maidenhead Childrens Services is a part of Achieving for Children – an enterprise who has been chosen for one of the DofE’s ‘Partners in Practice’ who are tasked with the continuous improvement of Children’s social care across the country. As you can imagine becoming part of such an organisation comes with a certain level of investment back in the people who work there. It also comes with the added benefit of competitive salaries of up to £44,799.

If you would like to hear more about the benefits of working for such an organisation, or would like to hear the stories of those we have placed as social workers who now manage teams there, then get in touch on 07897 024978, or email your CV to [e-mail].

As this is a statutory role, you do require a social work qualification & registration to Social Work England.