Social Worker - Fostering Service

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market supplement

Retention bonus

Generous annual leave (up to 31 days)

Birthday off

Service awards

Flexible working patterns

Career progression

Mileage expenses

Subsistence allowance

Employee benefits scheme

Job summary

Sandwell Children's Trust is recruiting a full-time Social Worker for the Fostering Service, offering hybrid working patterns and a competitive package. The role emphasizes safeguarding, child-centred practice and collaboration with foster carers to ensure positive outcomes for children.

Join a Good-graded trust with clear career progression, relocation support up to £6,500 and a retention bonus plan across three years. DBS checks and English registration are required.

Qualifications

• Must be social work qualified and registered with Social Work England.
• ASYE completed in a children and families setting.
• Minimum 2 years post-qualifying experience in social work, preferably fostering.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work support to looked after children and carers.
• Assess risk and support safeguarding duties.
• Work with foster carers to ensure a child's voice is heard.
• Contribute to safeguarding and welfare of looked after children.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Child-centred approach

Education

Social Work Degree

ASYE completed

Registration with Social Work England

Job description

Sandwell Childrens Trust, Sandwell Children's Trust - rated as a Good Provider.

At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.

Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:

• A market supplement of £2,500 per annum.
• Retention bonus of £2,000 in year 1, £3,000 in year 2 and £5,000 in year 3.
• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

The Sandwell Fostering Service are recruiting for a full time Social Worker.

£41,010 - £52,317 per annum* and a relocation allowance of up to £6,500* plus, excellent benefits. Additionally, we pay a retention bonus of up to £10,000 over 3 years.

Hybrid Working - full time 37 hours per week

Rated as ‘Good’ in their last inspection, the Sandwell Fostering Service is an Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) who working alongside Sandwell Children’s Trust providing quality foster homes for the children they care for.

This is an exciting time to join the service who work together as one supportive service, valuing our amazing foster carers and ensuring all that we do has children at the centre. We are keen to hear from social workers who can make a lasting and important contribution to the service and help to grow our fostering family. You will need to demonstrate a genuine interest and commitment to working with foster carers, be a proactive member of the team around the child and foster family, have a strength based and relational approach.

You will also bring enthusiasm and a positive attitude, continually seeking to improve the lived experiences of children we care for living with Sandwell’s foster carers, and care experienced young adults who Stay Put with their former carers.

About you:

• You must be social work qualified, registered with Social Work England, and have completed your ASYE programme in a children and families setting.
• Have at least 2 years post qualifying experience of working as a social worker, preferably gained within a Fostering Service.
• Have excellent analytical skills and be able to make informed decisions with information you have gathered, that has a positive impact on the child’s journey.
• A skilled listener, you will demonstrate how you have understood and ensured a child's voice is heard.
• You will need to be self-motivated, organised with effective communication skills both written and verbally.
• Be a clear decision maker and good team worker.
• Have an ability to assess risk and the knowledge of the relevant procedures to manage and reduce risk.
• You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of working with children in care, which could have been gained through working in other teams.
• Have knowledge of the relevant legislation and procedures that relate to fostering, looked after children and young people.

So, if you think your future could lie with a 'Good' Team, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

Please note that pre-employment checks will be carried out in line with the Department for Education KCSIE Guidance 2022.

• Pay rate is inclusive of market supplement
• Terms & Conditions apply for relocation allowance