Qualified Social Worker, Kinship Team, Wigan

Vitalis; Wigan; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Qualified Social Worker for the Kinship Team in Wigan. The ideal candidate will support and supervise kinship foster carers, ensuring high-quality care for children. Responsibilities include assessing and training foster carers, preparing reports, and safeguarding children. This is a contract role offering a pay rate of £35 per hour.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with relevant experience in a fostering or kinship role.
• Ability to prepare thorough and accurate reports.
• Experience working with diverse families and children.

Responsibilities

• Support and supervise a caseload of kinship foster carers.
• Assess and provide training for foster carers.
• Prepare reports for legal and planning purposes.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication

Flexibility

Education

Social Work Degree

Job description

Qualified Social Worker, Kinship Team, Wigan

Pay rate £35 per hour

Contract role

Vitalis are recruiting within for a Qualified Social Worker to work in a Fostering Team in Wigan Council. To provide support and supervision to a caseload of kinship foster carers to assist them in providing excellent care to children.

• To work closely with staff within the service and social work teams to effectively support foster families
• To assess and provide training/ development opportunities to foster carers
• To prepare high quality, accurate and thorough reports for a variety of purposes e.g. presentation in legal proceedings, LADO consultations, planning meetings, children’s reviews, fostering and adoption panels
• To carry out an annual review of foster families
• To contribute to the development of the fostering service
• Be willing to work flexibly including evening work, when required
• Be placed on the duty rota to respond to SGO support
• Ensure children in care are safeguarded and relevant procedures are followed if an allegation/ concern is raised against a foster carer
• Ensure that children’s care and development needs are met within placements
• Manage and appropriately prioritise tasks within an allocated workload
• To assess the need for resources to support a foster care in meeting the needs of any children placed including the identification of risk to children and young people, assess their need for protection, and determine the best method of intervention, ensuring that the Team Manager is consulted/advised throughout the case progression

Don’t forget, if this role isn’t the perfect fit, we’re confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:

Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)

• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children’s Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities

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