Social Worker Fostering

Bury Council; Bury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Bury Council is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic supervising social worker to support foster carers and ensure optimal outcomes for children. This role offers a strong commitment to professional development and flexible working patterns, with various teams collaborating to provide comprehensive foster care services.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Professional development opportunities

Agile work support

Qualifications

• Experience as a supervising social worker.
• Passion for supporting foster carers.
• Knowledge of Fostering Regulations/National Minimum Standards.

Responsibilities

• Support, supervise, and guide foster carers.
• Conduct regular visits and assessments.
• Complete fostering duty alongside other social workers.

Skills

Knowledge of Fostering Regulations

Supervisory skills

Communication

Job description

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Full time salaries are:
Level 1 Social Worker (ASYE) £37,035 per annum.
Level 2 Social Worker from £37,938 to £39,513 per annum.
Level 3 Social Worker from £40,476 to £42,708 per annum.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, and dedicated supervising social worker. The ideal candidate will have a passion for supporting foster carers and ensuring the best outcomes for children, while also bringing a wealth of knowledge and dedication to the role. You will receive support from a permanent Team Manager with regular supervision, numerous training opportunities and a commitment to your on-going professional development.

My Home Fostering Service consists of three teams. Team 1 is recruitment and assessment team. This team has recently launched the Mockingbird project. Team 2 is the support and supervision team. Team 3 connected carers team also known as kinship care work with friends and family. Each team however work well together to cover the full service. The successful applicant will be working on Team 2.

You will be expected to have a knowledge of Fostering Regulations/National Minimum Standards. You will have a caseload of foster carers whom you will support, supervise, and guide, ensuring they provide high-quality care for the children in their homes. This will involve regular visits, assessments, and providing ongoing training and advice to foster carers, while working closely with the wider team to ensure the best outcomes for the children in placement. The Post holder will also be expected to complete fostering duty alongside all other social worker in the service.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. We do offer flexible working patterns in line with service requirements.

Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Julie Rodgers on 0161 253 6666