Vale of Glamorgan
Placement Team
Salary - £34,834 - £43,421
About the role:
The Placements Team assesses and approves foster placements for Vale of Glamorgan children in conjunction with our Fostering Panel.
This includes an increasing number of kinship placements enabling children to remain within their wider family network. The team provide support to foster carers, with a commitment to promoting the recruitment and retention of local carers. Identifying and commissioning placements for children looked after, both within our internal resources and within the independent sector when an internal placement cannot be identified is a key part of the Team's role.
The Team includes a therapeutic service working with children and their carers to promote placement stability and
prevent disruption.
This team offers foster carers 24/7 professional fostering support. The support line is run solely by fostering staff, who are available to talk through the situation and provide advice and support over the phone. A worker in this team will be required to be a part of the out of hours support on average be a commitment of one overnight per week, and less than one full weekend a month.
There is an allowance available which will be paid in addition to core wages. Please note this is not a 'waking night' commitment.
The Special Guardianship Social Worker will oversee all the support offered to children and families where a Special Guardianship Order is in place.
They will ensure that annual reviews take place and they will design and deliver bespoke support on an individual and group basis.
Any applicant for this role must have post qualification experience in offering direct social work support to children, families and/or carers.
Qualifications and requirements :
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