Development Area Project Social Worker

3 days ago


Durham, United Kingdom AWD online Full time

The organisation has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Social Worker to join their service in Killingworth, Newcastle, to develop their Fostering Service in County Durham. You will recruit, assess and train new Foster Carers and support their professionaldevelopment in their role and support them and the children placed with them.

The Development Area Project Social Worker will require creativity, flexibility, and the ability to travel within the service area to plan and deliver recruitment events, to expand the Foster Carer Family and capacity to provide high quality foster placementsfor children.

The Development Area Project Social Worker will have experience of working within Fostering either with an IFA or in the Local Authority. You will need the skills and knowledge to enable the completion of initial home visits through to Form F assessmentand presentation at an independent panel.

The Development Area Project Social Worker will work with and be supervised by the Operations Manager for Service Development and the local Fostering Service Manager will also support you to meet the aspirations they have to grow their service in CountyDurham.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has the drive and ambition to provide more high-quality foster placements for children in the Lancashire area where it is known that there is a shortfall of foster families and children who are in need of 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’slives 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 an ethos accredited with a Gold Investors in People award. You will receive regular supervision and support.

As the Development Area Project Social Worker you will also receive:

- ?Formal induction and training in the 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

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.

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

**HOW TO APPLY**

JOB REF: AWDO-P7981

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