Social Worker: Fostering West Midlands Area

Location Birmingham
Job type Permanent
Salary £38k - 42k per year
Consultant Harry Smy
Call 0333 7000 020
Reference 213221

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker  to work full time based in an Independent Fostering Agency, covering the West Midlands region.

The salary for this permanent job is up to £42,000

Main Duties:

  • Experience of undertaking Form F Assessments
  • Have an approach that is reflective and creative when working with our foster carers and young people to inspire them to reach their full potential
  • Can manage your own caseload of up to 12 fostering families, giving support and guidance when necessary and help them to develop their skills
  • Are committed to provide wrap around support to our foster carers by participating in an out of hours on call service
  • Passionate and want to actively contribute to the growth and development of the Fostering service
  • Experience and can demonstrate evidence of identifying the needs of young people
  • A good knowledge of fostering regulations, childcare law and safeguarding issues
  • Can make objective professional assessments of children and young people

Requirements of this job:

  • Social Work Degree or equivalent (DipSW, CQSW, CSS)
  • Social Work England (SWE) Registration
  • Knowledge of UK legislation relevant to children and families
  • Experience of working with children, young people, and their families

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from social worker, senior social worker, advanced practitioner, senior practitioner, deputy team manager, team manager, service manager, head of service and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

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, Sanctuary Personnel 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.

Sanctuary 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, Sanctuary 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.

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews.