Qualified Social Worker, Fostering/Children in Care Team, Wigan Council

Qualified Social Worker, Fostering/Children in Care Team, Wigan CouncilPay rate £38 per hour Contract roleVitalis are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to work in a Fostering/Children in Care Team in Wigan Council.To provide support and supervision to a caseload of kinship foster carers to assist them in providing excellent care to children

• To work closely with staff within the service and social work teams to effectively support foster families
• To assess and provide training/ development opportunities to foster carers
• To prepare high quality, accurate and thorough reports for a variety of purposes e.g. presentation in legal proceedings, LADO consultations, planning meetings, children's reviews, fostering and adoption panels
• To carry out an annual review of foster families
• To contribute to the development of the fostering service
• Be willing to work flexibly including evening work, when required
• Be placed on the duty rota to respond to SGO support
• Ensure children in care are safeguarded and relevant procedures are followed if an allegation/ concern is raised against a foster carer
• Ensure that children's care and development needs are met within placements
• Manage and appropriately prioritise tasks within an allocated workload
• To assess the need for resources to support a foster care in meeting the needs of any children placed including the identification of risk to children and young people, assess their need for protection, and determine the best method of intervention, ensuring that the Team Manager is consulted/advised throughout the case progression

Please get in touch for more information. Don't forget, if this role isn't the perfect fit, we're confident we can find one that is. We recruit across a wide range of public sector specialisms, including:Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO)

• Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• Looked After Children (LAC)
• Children's Social Work
• Adult Social Work
• Service Manager
• Head of Service
• Team Manager
• Assistant Team Manager
• A wide range of housing roles
• Careers in SEND in local authorities

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