Fostering Engagement Social Worker

2 months ago

Bromsgrove Worcestershire West Midlands, United Kingdom AWD online Full time

Fostering Engagement Social Worker - Midlands & South West

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Social Worker to join the organisation's service in the Midlands and South West, to help develop their Fostering Service in the region with recruiting and assessing new Foster Carers and to support their professional development in their role.

As the Fostering Engagement Social Worker you will require creativity, flexibility, and the ability to travel within the service area to plan and deliver recruitment events to expand their Foster Carer capacity to provide high-quality foster placements for children.

Working as the Fostering Engagement Social Worker you will work with and be supervised by the Operations Manager for Service Development and the local Fostering Service Manager who will also support you to meet the aspirations they have to grow their service footprint across the region.

As the Fostering Engagement Social Worker you will have experience of working within a Fostering environment either with an IFA or in the Local Authority and a proven track record of completing Initial Home Visits for prospective applicants, and Form F Assessments within agreed timescales and presenting these at panel.

There are no case-holding responsibilities in this role.

As the Fostering Engagement Social Worker you will need to be able to evidence you have a flexible, creative, and dynamic approach to researching and facilitating a range of recruitment opportunities.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has the drive and ambition to provide more high-quality foster placements for children where they know that there is a shortfall of foster families and children who are in need of their care.

The organisation is a leading Social Enterprise supporting children and young people with a range of services which include foster homes located across England. By joining them, you will be part of a team wholly committed to their mission of 'Turning children's lives around' and help children and young people who have experienced adversity to achieve their full potential.

They offer opportunities for your progression and further training within the organisation; they are proud to have their ethos accredited with a Gold Investors in People award. You will receive regular supervision and support.

As the Fostering Engagement Social Worker you will also receive:


• Formal induction and training in their paperless electronic recording and management system (CHARMs)


• Market related salary plus car allowance


• Professional social work supervision provided by a manager


• Competitive annual leave allowance


• Career progression opportunities


• Pension scheme and access to employee assistance program


• Perkbox discount scheme membership


• Simplyhealth Medical Cash Back plan

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People, applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

They are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

The organisation is an Investor in People and Equal Opportunities employer.

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATION PROCESS: Candidates will be required to complete an Application Form, which we will send out in a separate email. Please keep an eye out for our email.

JOB REF: AWDO-P12417

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