Social Worker
- Employer
- Staffordshire County Council
- Location
- Stafford, Staffordshire
- Salary
- £30,756.00- £35,229.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 7 Jul 2019
- Reference
- REC000992
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- Sector
- Local Councils, Health & Social Care / Work
- Job Type
- Social care, Social work; Children - Qualified
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
37 Hours per week – Permanent
Staffordshire has a strong commitment to providing quality foster placements for our children in care. We are also committed to ongoing development and innovation.
Fostering North provides support and supervision to foster carers residing in the north of Staffordshire. Fostering North is very stable team and has the benefit of experienced staff, this is an excellent opportunity as there have not been any permanent roles within the team for over a year. Your duties will include undertaking regular supervision, support and unannounced visits to a variety of approved foster carers. This will include task centred and family and friends carers. You will also undertake fostering assessments in relation to changes of approval, long term fostering assessments and foster carer annual reviews.
The service has a commitment to stability of placements, safeguarding children in placement and promoting capacity to provide sufficient placements to meet the needs of our looked after children. You will support these commitments in your role. Close liaison is maintained with Children’s Teams and others involved in the team around fostered children to ensure good outcomes for children.
You must be a qualified social worker with previous experience of children’s social work with children and/or foster carers. Newly qualified social workers with high potential are also encouraged to apply.
To apply for this post click on the ‘Apply’ button below.
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Closing Date: Sunday 7th July 2019
Interview Date: Wednesday 10th July
For more information about the role please contact: Jen Banks, Team Manager, Fostering North. Jen.banks@staffordshire.gov.uk or 01785 227645
Please be aware, only application forms completed online will be accepted. We will not accept CV’s or Word application forms.
This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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