Senior Social Worker Fostering
Job description
We are looking for a number of experienced social workers who are able to undertake assessment work to join our expanding Connected Person’s Team. If you are passionate about providing support to children, young people and their families then this would be a great opportunity to develop your career. The team is involved in Regulation 24 fostering assessment of Kinship/Connected Persons, viability assessment of potential family members and connected persons, assessment and support of Private Foster Carers and the assessment and support of carers who have been granted Special Guardianship Orders. The Connected Person’s Team is based within the Fostering Service but works very closely with Children’s Fieldwork Services and is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in this specialist area of social work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.