Children’s Social Worker/SGO – Fostering – Wigan

Children’s Social Worker / SGO
Team: Fostering
Location: Wigan
Rate: £35

We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to oversee SGO support and transition from connected carers to Special Guardianship. You will also hold a small caseload of kinship foster carers, providing supervision and support to them.

Brief over view of role and responsibilities:

To provide support and supervision to family and friends foster carers to assist them in providing excellent care to children
To assess and provide training/ development opportunities to kinship carers
To prepare high quality, accurate and thorough reports for a variety of purposes e.g. LADO consultations, planning meetings, children’s reviews, fostering and adoption panels
To carry out an annual review of Foster families
To contribute to the development of the fostering service
Be willing to work flexibly including evening work, when required
Be placed on the SGO duty rota and respond to any emergencies
Ensure children in care are safeguarded and relevant procedures are followed if an allegation/ concern is raised against a foster carer
Ensure that children’s care and development needs are met by their carers
Manage and appropriately prioritise tasks within an allocated workload
To assess the need for resources to support a foster care in meeting the needs of any children placed including the identification of risk to children and young people, assess their need for protection, and determine the best method of intervention, ensuring that the Team Manager is consulted/advised throughout the case progression

You will be/have:

A qualified Social Worker
Registered with Social Worker England
Enhanced DBS check
A proven social work background across children and families social work
Knowledge of relevant Fostering Services legislation standards and regulations
Experience of working in a fostering team is ideal
A car owner / driver
Good organisational and analytical skills

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Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to make good decisions based on information available.
• Can work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency set ups
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and be able to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Can write clear, concise, and robust assessment/reports/files.
• Have a flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises

Why Ashberry?

• Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search
• Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
• Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
• £250 Referral bonus.

If you feel this is the role for you please get in touch as we would love to hear from you!