Location: Shropshire
Hourly Rate: £30.50 per hour
Are you a dedicated and compassionate Social Worker with a passion for supporting children and families, and a commitment to ensuring children in care thrive?
Shropshire Council is seeking an enthusiastic Fostering Social Worker to join our supportive and child-centred Fostering Service. This is a vital role where you will play a key part in recruiting, assessing, and supporting our amazing foster carers, ultimately providing stable and nurturing homes for children and young people.
About the Role:
As a Fostering Social Worker, you will be instrumental in the recruitment, assessment, and ongoing support of foster carers within Shropshire. Your work will directly contribute to securing safe, stable, and loving environments for children who cannot live with their birth families.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Undertaking robust assessments of prospective foster carers from initial enquiry through to presentation at fostering panel, ensuring they meet the required standards.
- Providing ongoing supervision, support, and training to approved foster carers, empowering them to provide high-quality care.
- Working collaboratively with children in care teams, other agencies, and foster carers to ensure placement stability and positive outcomes for children.
- Responding to and investigating allegations or concerns regarding foster carers in line with safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Participating in fostering panel meetings and presenting assessment reports.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records and preparing reports for various purposes.
- Contributing to the recruitment activities of the fostering service.
About You:
We are looking for a qualified Social Worker with a genuine interest in fostering and a commitment to children's well-being. You will need:
- A recognised Social Work qualification.
- Current Social Work England registration.
- Experience in children's social work, ideally with some exposure to fostering, looked after children, or child protection.
- A strong understanding of fostering regulations, standards, and relevant legislation (e.g., Children Act 1989, Fostering Services Regulations 2011).
- Excellent assessment, analytical, and report-writing skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport and work effectively with a diverse range of individuals.
- The ability to work autonomously and manage a caseload effectively, as well as being a valuable team player.
- A commitment to reflective practice and continuous professional development.
Ready to help shape futures?
If you are a compassionate and skilled Social Worker looking for a rewarding role where you can truly make a difference to the lives of children and the dedicated carers who look after them, we encourage you to apply!
To Apply:
Please submit your CV outlining your suitability for the role or contact Fahmida Ahmed at 07441 927663 for an informal 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.
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