Senior Kinship Social Work Practitioner

Remedy Recruitment Group; England; In loco; GBP 42.000 - 52.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Referral bonus

Double payrolls weekly

Dedicated one-to-one consultant

Descrizione del lavoro

Remedy Recruitment Group is supporting Shropshire Council in recruiting a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join the Kinship fostering team. You will work to keep children safely within their family networks, delivering timely, high-quality assessments and relationship-based practice.

You will complete Form K assessments, carry out viability and SGO assessments, provide supervision to kinship foster carers, and collaborate with partners to secure permanency within statutory timescales.

Competenze

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experience in Kinship/connected persons fostering.
• Experience with SGO assessments and permanence planning.
• Experience with viability assessments.
• Experience supporting and supervising foster carers.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills for court and panel.
• Ability to manage risk, safeguarding, and complex family dynamics.
• Committed to safe outcomes for children.

Mansioni

• Complete Form K assessments for kinship foster carers.
• Undertake viability assessments to inform early permanence planning.
• Carry out SGO assessments, including support plans and court reports.
• Provide regular supervision and support to approved kinship foster carers.
• Support carers with placement challenges, contact arrangements, transitions to permanence.
• Collaborate with children's social workers and multi-agency partners for care planning.
• Ensure all work is child-centred, evidence-based, and within statutory timescales.

Conoscenze

Kinship/connected persons fostering

Form K assessments

SGO assessments

Permanence planning

Viability assessments

Carer supervision

Court report writing

Formazione

Registered Social Worker (Social Work England)

Descrizione del lavoro

Remedy Recruitment Group is supporting Shropshire Council in recruiting a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join the Kinship fostering team. You will work to keep children safely within their family networks, delivering timely, high-quality assessments and relationship-based practice.

You will complete Form K assessments, carry out viability and SGO assessments, provide supervision to kinship foster carers, and collaborate with partners to secure permanency within statutory timescales.