Social Worker - Fostering - Bury Council - £35per hour

Tripod Partners are currently recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join the Fostering

Benefits as a Social Worker

• Competitive pay rate
• Long contracts for good performance
• Supportive team and management
• Progression opportunities
• Remote working available
• Condensed working negotiable
• Flexible working

Duties within your role

Responsibilities:

• Social Worker Fostering are seeking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic, and dedicated social worker to join the connected carer assessment and support team.

  The Service consists of three teams. Team 1 is recruitment and assessment team. This team has recently launched the Mockingbird project. Team 2 is the support and supervision team. Team 3 connected carers team and kinship care service. Each team however work well together to cover the full service and work across teams when pressures determine the need.

  This post will be working on Team 3.

  You will be expected to have a knowledge of Fostering Regulations/National Minimum Standards as well as safeguarding experience and fostering assessment skills. The post holder will be undertaking connected carers assessments including viabilities and reg 24 assessments, carry a caseload of families they will be responsible for supporting and assessing to a high standard. Including statutory meetings, Foster Carer reviews, Panel attendance, supporting the team with Training & Development and all compliance matters under the Fostering Regulations and Standards. The Post holder will also be expected to complete fostering duty alongside all other social worker in the service.

  Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. We do offer flexible working patterns in line with service requirements.

  Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

  About Bury
  The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. A

  As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

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