Senior Assessing Social Worker, Fostering Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Assessing Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Northamptonshire.

The salary for this permanent Senior Assessing Social Worker job is up to £48,000 per annum.

Main duties:

• Will complete assessments of new foster carers, existing foster carers wishing to progress.
• Will gather information from potential carers to progress checks, undertake assessments in line with key performance indicators.
• Liaise with Project Support with regards to progress of checks.
• Liaise with the Team Manager and Systemic Family Therapist to review the assessment at check points (this will include a review of how the potential foster carers have been in training).
• Liaise with the Local Authorities Supervising Social Worker and Innovates Therapeutic Team Manager and Family Systemic Therapist about he skills, strengths, areas of development for the foster carer.
• Provide a short report on the potential carers identified needs to inform training, and or therapeutic intervention planning.
• Supporting and upskilling Local Authorities Supervising Social Workers in terms of their assessments and role.
• To have regard for the cultural needs of children and families from black and minority ethnic groups ensuring that the work progress and the overall ethos of the therapeutic service is, reflective of their requirements and needs.
• To ensure high standards of record keeping and report writing where requested to evidence the plan of work and outcomes achieved.
• Will provide some on call support as part of the therapeutic team on call rota (this will include some evenings and weekends).

Requirements of this role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience of working in a Fostering Service.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).

Contact:
This Senior Assessing Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.