Hybrid Family Finding Social Worker - Permanence & Placements

We Do Social Work; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Children's Trust is seeking a Family Finding Social Worker (Social Care Qualified) to secure timely, stable and nurturing family-based fostering placements for children and young people. The role collaborates with social workers, placement services and external providers to promote suitable permanence arrangements.

We welcome applicants with family finding experience and a strong focus on safeguarding, multi-agency partnership work, and producing child-focused assessments and

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification in Social Work or equivalent children’s services qualification.
• Registration with Social Work England is required.
• Experience of family finding and/or placement finding for children is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive family-finding/placement finding activity for children requiring foster care, long-term fostering or other family-based permanence arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with children’s social workers and placement services.
• Contribute to permanence planning by providing specialist advice regarding family-finding opportunities and barriers.
• Develop high-quality child profiles, pen pictures and promotional materials reflecting each child’s identity, needs and aspirations.
• Build relationships with fostering services and recruitment networks; coordinate family-finding events and engagement activities.
• Identify and support matches, assist with transition planning and monitor activity to minimise delays to permanence.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to audits and quality assurance processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Independent working

IT skills

Education

Social Work qualification

Registration with Social Work England

Job description

Birmingham Children's Trust is seeking a Family Finding Social Worker (Social Care Qualified) to secure timely, stable and nurturing family-based fostering placements for children and young people. The role collaborates with social workers, placement services and external providers to promote suitable permanence arrangements.

We welcome applicants with family finding experience and a strong focus on safeguarding, multi-agency partnership work, and producing child-focused assessments and