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Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker?
Are you a welcoming and friendly individual who is looking for a stable and experienced team within a Fostering Service?
Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Wirral Council's Connected Carers Fostering Team. This is a full time role, offering a fantastic pay rate of 28 per hour.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Mileage reimbursement
- Supervision
- Competitive rates of pay
- Weekly pay
- One committed and dedicated point of contact
- An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a 300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply)
- A full range of free training available
- Access to 100's of discounts through the Happi App
- Access to free healthcare and financial advice
Responsibilities:
- Candidates will be dealing with complex assessments.
- Relatives and friends can ask to be assessed and approved as foster carers (for that child).
- If the child needs to be placed straight away and there is not time for a full assessment, the relative (or other connected person) can sometimes be approved as a temporary foster carer.
- You will be involved in securing plans of permanency for children and contribute to the wider offer for our cared for children.
- You will be involved in multi-agency working and work closely with the cared for children's team.
- You will have experience and extensive knowledge in the Fostering Minimum standards and The Fostering Regulation Services (England) 2011.
- You will be a part of an exciting team and will play a wider part of offering support, supervision and training to the whole of the foster carers, alongside your own caseload.
- This rewarding role will be helping to make sure our children and young people experience foster carers who are best placed to meet their care needs and with carers.
- You will have the right values, and enthusiasm for relationship strengths-based social work with children and families.
Requirements:
- Social Work Degree or equivalent
- Current registration with Social Work England
- Enhanced DBS
Experience:
- Children
If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on (phone number removed) otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon.
Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please call (phone number removed) and we would be happy to have a confidential discussion.
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
