Fostering Coordinator - Quality Assuring Fostering Assessments - Monmouth

Social Worker - Fostering Assessment Coordinator

Location: Usk, Monmouthshire Working Pattern: 4 days per week Hybrid working Rate: £38.43 per hour Umbrella Contract: Temporary

About the Role

Hoop Social Work are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join Monmouthshire Social Services, based in Usk, working within their fostering service.

This is a specialist role for a Social Worker with significant experience of fostering and undertaking fostering assessments, who can coordinate and quality assure assessments completed by both internal and independent assessors.

Working 4 days per week on a hybrid basis, you will play an important role in ensuring fostering assessments progress within the required timescales and meet the appropriate quality and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocating Form F and Form K assessments, alongside Letters of Instruction
• Overseeing assessment progress and ensuring key timescales are met
• Liaising regularly with independent fostering assessors
• Tracking assessment progress, quality and completion
• Leading and quality assuring fostering assessments
• Ensuring consistency, quality and compliance across assessments
• Providing constructive feedback and support to assessors
• Identifying any issues or delays and helping to ensure these are addressed promptly

About You

You will need to be an experienced Social Worker with a strong background in fostering and fostering assessments. This is a role where your knowledge and experience will be particularly important, so previous experience undertaking and/or quality assuring fostering assessments is essential.

To apply, you will need:

• A minimum of 6 months' experience working in the UK as a registered Social Worker
• A recognised Social Work qualification
• Current registration with Social Care Wales or Social Work England
• An Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service, or be happy to apply for a new DBS
• 3 years of satisfactory referencing
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle

Why Register with Hoop Social Work?

• 20+ years' experience in the social work market
• A local specialist agency based in Cardiff, with roles across South Wales, West Wales and SouthWest England
• Exclusive roles and early access to new opportunities
• A Welsh speaking consultant if you'd prefer to discuss your job search in Welsh
• PAYE or Umbrella payroll options - whichever suits you best
• Twice-weekly payroll
• A dedicated consultant as your main point of contact, with wider team support when needed
• We actively supply every Local Authority across South and West Wales, as well as clients across SouthWest England
• £200 Love2Shop voucher for every successful friend or colleague you refer
• Wellbeing sessions and thoughtful extras, including birthday gifts
• DBS and compliance support to make the process as smooth and straightforward as possible

Interested?

If you're an experienced fostering Social Worker looking for a specialist role with a good balance of home and office working. Contact Sarah Leigh at Hoop today on for an informal chat.