Fostering Social Worker

Job Description

Role

Fostering Social Worker

Salary

£41,500 per annum

Contract / Hours

Permanent Full Time 37 hrs per week

Location

Hybrid – Glasgow

Benefits

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Responsibilities

• Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and working with other professionals where appropriate.
• Completing complex assessments of applicants to foster, making appropriate recommendations to ensure the best outcome for children, young people, and families.
• Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma, ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to undertake this complex task within a family home environment, undertaking fostering reviews, providing high quality, analytical reports and presenting to panel where appropriate, ensuring that children are receiving the best service possible.
• Being accountable for ensuring statutory compliance and meeting regulatory body requirements regarding registration.
• Enthusiasm for learning and self development as a reflective practitioner, and support of carer training.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Social Work qualification is essential.
• Registration with Social Work Scotland is essential.
• A strong commitment to work within our therapeutic framework to support the needs of the young person.
• The capacity to plan and prioritise.
• Proficiency in using electronic records systems and IT effectively.
• Experience of fostering is preferable.
• Driver’s licence and access to own vehicle is essential to travel across Scotland.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

Action for Children is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Contact

Jessica Jarvis quoting reference 13309