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Fostering / Children in Care Social Worker needed for Wigan Council
Pay Rate is £35 per hour.
Responsibilities of this role:
- Recruit, assess, and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster carers, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, enjoyable, nurturing and learning environment for the children they care for. Attend Placement Planning Meetings, when a child is received into care.
- Ensure that foster carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, as detailed in the Family Foster Care’s Policies and Procedures, and in the Foster Carer Handbook.
- Ensure foster carers meet the requirements of the Training Support and Development Standards and they can evidence their competencies within the specified timescales.
- Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster carers, in line with Family Foster Care’s Policies and Procedures, as to frequency and content; and undertake such additional support visits / telephone contact with foster carers as placement agreements
Requirements of this role:
- Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Must have minimum of 2 years experience
- Must be a car driver, with access to own vehicle.
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
- Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
- Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
- Free CV building and Interview support.
- Free DBS checks.
- Weekly payroll.
- PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
- CPD contributions.
- Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
- Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!
