Lead Senior Practitioner - Fostering Agency
- Employer
- Birmingham Children's Trust
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- £34,106 - £41,846 (Plus a relocation package of up to £8k & Incentive Payment of £3k. T & C apply)
- Closing date
- 12 Mar 2019
- Reference
- BCT/19/89885
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Social work; Children - Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
You will be responsible for overseeing and leading on the delivery of our daily internal fostering placements service with a team of x 3 duty fostering social workers. You will seek to develop this part of our fostering agency services in partnership with the fostering services, registered manager and the Birmingham Childrens Trust placements service.
This post will also require timely records and analysis of the cohort of children looked after on a weekly basis with an emphasis on always seeking to place children looked after within the internal fostering services to ensure children are placed and matched locally, with experienced foster carers in all areas of Birmingham and that we provide the best value always.
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Company
There has never been a more exciting time to join Birmingham Children’s Trust as we celebrate our GOOD Ofsted status which we are immensely proud of. Birmingham Children’s Trust is going from strength to strength.
At Birmingham Children’s Trust we aim to be one dedicated team with a single unwavering focus – to improve the outcomes for children, young people and families in Birmingham.
We recognise that to achieve this we need the best, most talented, innovative and committed people to join us.
You will be part of a diverse and vibrant community of social work and support service professionals who are outcomes focussed and operate with a strong team ethos.
Being part of that team has responsibilities too; we want everyone, no matter what their role in the Trust, to bring their best self to work every day, to engage with the day to day challenges positively and to be supportive of and trust in each other.
We care about our people and that’s what will make us an Employer of Choice for social workers, children’s services and associated support services.
- Telephone
- 0121 464 1560
- Location
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1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7DJ
United Kingdom
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