Fostering Panel Advisor

1 week ago

Barnsley, Barnsley, United Kingdom Liquid Personnel Full time £35,000 - £70,000 per year

Job Title: Fostering Panel Advisor
Location: Barnsley (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £35 per hour
Contract Type: Hybrid - Full-time (Minimum 3 days onsite) - Locum
Sector: Children's Services

Job Description:

Liquid Personnel is delighted to be recruiting for a Fostering Panel Advisor on behalf of a respected fostering service. This is a vital role for an experienced professional who can provide independent, expert advice to the Fostering Panel and Agency Decision Maker (ADM), ensuring the highest standards of care for children in foster placements.

Role Overview

As a Fostering Panel Advisor, you will play a key role in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children by supporting robust decision-making and quality assurance. You'll be instrumental in shaping policy, guiding permanency planning and mentoring panel members and social workers.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will,

  • Provide professional, independent advice to the Fostering Panel and ADM
  • Uphold fostering regulations and ensure compliance
  • Quality-assure panel reports and processes
  • Facilitate and support panel meetings
  • Advise on case permanency and long-term planning
  • Contribute to policy development and service improvement
  • Recruit, train, and support panel members
  • Work collaboratively with social workers to promote child-centred planning

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Proven experience in fostering, social work, or panel advisory roles
  • In-depth understanding of fostering legislation and best practice
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Ability to lead discussions and influence decision-making
  • Commitment to safeguarding and promoting child welfare
  • Availability for a minimum of 3 days onsite per week

Why Liquid Personnel?

  •  Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service, getting you paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
  • Free access to Liquid's exclusive social work training and CPD portal
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
  • "Refer a Friend" bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • "Find your own job" bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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