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Fostering Support Worker Family & Friends Team and SGO

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House
Salary
£22627 to £24491
Closing date
30 Jan 2022
Reference
TWC000005398

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Social care
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Working Pattern
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Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

1 x Fostering Support Worker Family & Friends Team and SGO
NJC Scale 5 (£22,627 - £24,4914)
Full time 37 hours per week over 5 days Monday to Friday
(Some planned weekend work)
Permanent
Essential car user allowance

This post will start from 1st April 2022

Due to the agreed expansion of the Fostering service in recognition that of it being an innovative and forward thinking service and in order to build on our success, we are looking to recruit enthusiastic and flexible Support Workers to join our ambitious and dedicated team to further improve an already outstanding service.

Working directly with Foster Carers, children and young people placed within internal foster placements to provide a wide variety of support as required. Please see the Job Description for more information about the role, key requirements, skills and experience.

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Please note employees who are at risk will be considered first for this position. Only if an appointment is not made will other candidates be considered.
We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.

Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.

For more information about working for Telford & Wrekin Fostering Team, please view our recruitment page: https://www.telford.gov.uk/cscr
or please contact Gemma Laird If you have any queries on Tel: 01952 380353

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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