Kinship Assessment Social Worker

North East Combined Authority; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% salary supplement

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Job summary

North East Combined Authority in Middlesbrough is recruiting an experienced Social Worker for the Kinship Assessment – Fostering Service. The role focuses on assessing prospective kinship carers, training, attending panels, and submitting reports to court.

You will work alongside other social workers to respond to enquiries, perform home visits, and contribute to permanence planning while complying with DBS requirements. A 15% salary supplement is in place until March 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience in kinship assessments essential.
• Experience completing complex family assessments preferred.
• Enhanced DBS check required.

Responsibilities

• Assess and train prospective Kinship carers.
• Attend panel for approval and submit assessments to court.
• Conduct home visits and collaborate with other professionals.

Skills

Kinship assessments

Home visits

Panel attendance

Court submissions

Job description

We have an exciting role on offer within our Kinship Assessment – Fostering Service as a Social worker.

The Fostering Service in Middlesbrough has an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced Social Worker as part of the Kinship Assessment Team.

Social workers within the Kinship Assessment Team have the responsibility of assessing, and training prospective Kinship carers and attending panel for approval and submitting their assessments to court.

To help us recruit social workers who are committed to working in Middlesbrough we are currently offering a 15% supplement to social work salaries. This additional 15% will be reviewed at the end of March 2027.

You will work alongside the child’s social worker and other professionals to respond to enquiries and complete home visits, assessing a candidates suitability as Kinship carers, using Coram BAAF Form K and associated templates. Experience of completing complex family assessments would be essential. As a creative, resilient, and responsible member of our team, you will be helping to create happy homes for children, young people, and their carer’s.

As part of this we work closely with social workers for our children who are Looked After. Along with our colleagues we have a responsibility for securing permanence for children with plans of adoptions, long-term fostering, and special guardianship orders.

They work closely with partners as corporate parents to support children to develop their life skills, achieve to their full potential and work towards their aspirations. This is an exciting time of change within the service which is both rewarding and challenging.

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!

The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note Middlesbrough Council do not currently offer sponsorships.

We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.