Social Worker - Fostering (£42.00ph)

Location: Isle of Wight PO

Contract: Ongoing   

Rate: £42.00

Start: ASAP  

About the Role:

This post is for a Fostering Social Worker.

Job Purpose: To provide a high quality and effective social work service to respond to the needs of adults, children, young people, their families and carers in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines. 

• Job Context (key outputs of team / role to provide some specific examples of role profile accountabilities) 
• Carrying out assessments (risk assessments, full range of adult assessments, children’s assessments)
• Face-to-face/verbal supervision of foster carers as frequently defined as necessary by the local authority
• Supporting the marketing and recruitment officer on a daily basis and attending marketing events
• Deliver training courses on a range of subjects (foster carers, foster carer developments and all aspects of child development and legal frameworks)
• To arrange and facilitate support groups for all stakeholders
• Undertake statutory work for both children and adults
• Understand, manage and intervene where there are concerns regarding risk and safeguarding issues
• To carry out planned intervention using a range of tried and tested methodologies.