Childrens Social Worker

Our Client, Leicester City Council, is seeking an experienced Children’s Social Worker to join the Kinship team. 

Fantastic payrate of £35 P/H

Are you a Childrens Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• Kinship Supervising Social Worker - initially someone will be needed to complete Connected Person Forms C's but if the demand changes, they will need someone to be flexible to do IVA's as well as the Form C's.
• We are seeking a qualified and experienced social worker to carry out kinship/connected persons fostering assessments.
• The Kinship assessment team work with connected people to ensure they are supported, supervised and trained to care for vulnerable children who are Looked After.  Their goal is to ensure Foster Carers meet Fostering National Minimum Standards in caring for children, and ensure permanence, through permanent fostering, adoption and Special Guardianship Orders.
• You will be in a team of 8 Social Workers, holding a case load of around 4 full assessments at a time.
• The Team currently works directly with foster carers in their homes, with options to work remotely and office based. If you're doing the IVA's, you meet fortnightly as a team for two days and will be remote working the rest of the time, or on visits. If completing Form C's you will be on visits most of the time. 

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 2 years’ post qualified experience.

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!