Fostering Social Worker

Job Description

Action for ChildrenSalary:Circa £35,700 per annum pro rata which equates to £20,744Contract/Hours:Permanent, Part-Time (working 21.5 hours a week)3 full days usually between Monday to FridayLocation:Horsfield, Bristol with the flexibility to work from home on occasionPerks:Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays,flexiblematernity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, checkout more on ourcareersportal.Closing Date:Midnight on 28th February 2022 -ifwe receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised.Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Action for Children so heres what you need to know.About UsAt Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood.Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to theirlives.About the Role:Our three linked services, Fostering South West, Fostering South West Peninsula and Family Breaks Devon provide high quality foster families to vulnerable children and young people from our offices based in Bristol and Exeter.We also offer the highest standard of care-providing carers with excellent training, supervision and support to achieve the best outcomes for the young people we look after. We strive to provide a good quality of care to young people, always ensuring theyare the centre of our approach.We are looking for an outstanding Fostering Social Worker who can support placements in the South West of England. The role is for 3 days a week (but there may be the possibility of full time in the future) and includes being part of an Out of Hours TelephoneSupport Service (through participation in a rota) providing support 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year.As a Fostering Social Worker, youll be:

• Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and working with other professionals where appropriate.
• Completing complex assessments of applicants to foster, making appropriate recommendations, with a view to ensure outcome focused achievements for children, young people and families.
• Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma and ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to enable them to undertake this complex task within a family home environment.
• Undertaking fostering reviews, providing high quality, analytical reports and presenting to Panel where appropriate, ensuring that children are receiving the best service possible.
• Being accountable for ensuring statutory compliance in respect of notifications etc. and meet regulatory body requirements at all times re. registration.

What Youll Bring:Our job description for the Fostering Social Worker outlines the requirements of the role but the must-haves are:

• A Social Work qualification.
• Valid HCPC registration.
• Experience of assessing, supervising and supporting foster carers.
• Experience of managing crisis and breakdown in placements, particularly out of hours.
• A strong commitment to work within our therapeutic framework to support the needs of children.
• The capacity to plan and prioritise, to use electronic records system and IT effectively including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.
• Experience of fostering is preferable.
• UK driving licence and access to a car is desirable as the role requires extensive travel within the South West of England.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, wed love to hear from you.We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods.Adiverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we workwithand we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusiveworkplace we wanteveryone tobe themselves.We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have anunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguardingbest-practice.We cant wait to hear from youstay safe andhappy.ApplicationProcess:There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.TopTip...Refer to the job description when writing your SupportingStatement.Interview Date:Thursday, 10th March 2022this date can change inspecial circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this.Talent Pool: Wed like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if youd rather we didnt.Contact:Emma Goodwin on who will be happy to support with your application.Get to know us a little betterbycheckingout our socials onTwitter,Linkedin,FacebookorYouTube.