Fostering Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Wigan, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Fostering Support Workers [Wigan]
Contract Full Time / 37 hours per week
Loan working/Hybrid
Hourly Rate: £16 umbrella
12 week cover for a Fostering Support Worker.
Qualifications:
NNEB, BTEC in Nursery Nursing, NVQ 111 in childcare and education, NVQ 111, Children and Young People, Health Social Care level 111 Children and Young People.
You will need to demonstrate:
In-depth experience of working with children, young people and their families.
Experience of working within a team setting.
Liaising and working with outside agencies.
Effective record keeping and report writing.
Planning and delivering specific pieces of work to be undertaken with individual children and young people, parents / carers and groups.
Experience of using IT.
Knowledge and understanding of equality, diversity and community cohesion.
Knowledge of childcare and other relevant legislation including the Fostering Regulations, National Minimum Standards and Care Planning Regulations.
Knowledge of childcare theory and practice.
An ability to assess the needs of children, young people and their parent/carers and to formulate and deliver appropriate packages of support.
The ability to build positive relationships with children, young people and their families.
Ability to negotiate with and advocate on behalf of children, young people and families.
Ability to be flexible in their approach to working with children, young people and families.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in the written form.
Ability to work constructively with other agencies.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to use a range of techniques when working with children, young people and families to meet specific needs.
Ability to use their own initiative on challenging situations and to cope with a stressful varies workload.
Ability to work in an anti-discriminatory manner.
Ability to plan, develop and implement programmes of work.
Ability to formulate accurate assessments of children, young people and their families.
Ability to organise own workload and prioritise.
Ability to work on a Rota system.
Ability to make decisions and operate on personal initiative in an emergency situation.
An ability to take responsibility for learning and reflecting on practice and for making constructive use of opportunities for personal and professional development.
Interpersonal skills.
IT skills
Why work with We do Social Work?
* New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
* Twice weekly payroll
* Free DBS and compliance service
* Your own dedicated friendly consultant with extensive social work knowledge
* Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
Refer a friend
“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
“Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us*
We Do Social Work is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes*
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