Social Worker - Fostering Team

Location
Job type Contract
Salary £27.43 - 27.43 per hour
Consultant Lauren Minter
Call +44 7458 159449
Reference 158008

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading and award-winning recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time based in Hereford, within the Fostering Team.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker role is £27.43 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

The fostering social worker role is supported by dedicated duty workers, a training officer and 2 family support workers. The team work closely with Herefordshire Intensive Placement Support Team to offer carers consultation with a Children’s Psychologist and lead therapeutic workers. The aim is to raise awareness of therapeutic models and PACE with foster carers. To date Herefordshire Fostering service has been able to develop a range of specialist schemes and will continue to support your own professional development. There is potential to develop special areas of interest and training modules.

Duties:

  • Supervise and support foster carers.

  • Provide high quality placements with foster carers and kinship carers.

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Fully qualified (DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent)

  • Current Social Work England registration

  • Previous experience within frontline children’s social work

  • Experienced in assessment skills, mediation and supervision roles to help train and support Herefordshire foster carers.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll

  • Free DBS and compliance service

  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies

  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge

  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed

  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us

  • Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team

  • In-house payroll system

  • Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Lauren Minter; 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.