Social Worker (Internal Applications Only)

Warrington; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual holiday (pro-rata)

Health & Wellbeing Programme

Benefits package

Job summary

Warrington Borough Council is seeking an Internal Applications Social Worker for the Fostering Team. The post involves recruiting, assessing and supporting potential foster carers, including kinship carers, with a focus on safeguarding and placement stability.

You will work closely with safeguarding and children in care teams, bringing experience with looked-after children and fostering assessments to ensure high‑quality family placements. Enhanced DBS and HCPC registration are required.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS clearance required.
• HPC registration is essential.
• Valid driving licence required.
• Right to work in the UK must be demonstrated.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, assess and support potential foster carers and their networks.
• Collaborate in multi‑agency work with children in care and safeguarding teams.
• Undertake fostering assessments to support placement stability.

Skills

Experience with looked-after children

Kinship/friend & family fostering

Fostering assessments

Education

HCPC registration (Social Worker)

Job description

Social Worker (Internal Applications Only)

About us

This vacacany is only open to internal candidates. See 'Key Dates & Further Information'

The Fostering Team provide placements for children and young people in care within Warrington. The recruitment, preparation, assessment, training, supervision and support of Foster Carers are the core tasks undertaken by the team.

The Fostering Team aims to provide placement choice for children and young people in care. The stability of placements is paramount in ensuring positive outcomes for children and young people. The quality of foster placements is recognised as a central component in enabling children and young people in care to achieve a high-quality experience of family life. The Fostering Service continually strives to provide sufficient placements wherein foster carers are enabled to develop their skills and capacity to meet the needs of children in their care.

The role

The role of social worker within the fostering service involves the recruitment, assessment, and support of potential foster carers and friends and family foster carers. You will be involved in multi-agency work with children in care and work closely with our safeguarding and children in care teams. Ideally, we are looking for social workers who have experience of working with children in care, Kinship families and experience of undertaking fostering assessments.

What's needed?

Enhanced DBS clearance is required.

HPC registration.

Valid driving licence is required

For further information please contact Lisa Lancaster, Fostering Team Manager 01925 44 3345

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

In accordance withHome Office guidance, successful candidates mustevidencetheir right to work in the UK before commencement ofemployment. Sponsorship isnotavailable for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer