Social Worker - Kinship Fostering - £37 per hour

Social Worker – Fostering Team - Bolton Council

Location: Castleton Street, Bolton
Pay/Salary: up to £37 per hour
Office Working: 2 Days per week
Contract: Locum

We are currently working with Bolton Council to find an experienced Social Worker for their Fostering Team within Children’s Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, Bolton are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload and support their services.

Duties

• Undertake annual reviews and other reviews as required to evaluate and monitor the care of looked after children provided by Kinship carers
• Provide ongoing supervision and support to ensure the care of looked after children is of the highest quality
• Identify any support, training, and preparation to develop the skills of carers further
• Advising and assisting colleagues to place individual children with Kinship carers and substitute families
• Attend reviews, case conferences, strategy meetings and network meetings as and when required and to provide the appropriate advice, information, and support for such forums
• Organise Kinship fostering information and advisory service for both colleagues and members of the public.

What you need

• Social Work Qualification
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced DBS (provided by us)
   

Why use us?

At Sheldon Phillips, you are not just a number on a board, you are someone we get to know, creating a personal job search that is as individual as you are. Our expert team are trained to ensure that your needs are met, our compliance procedures are quick and efficient, while making sure you find the job you really want.

If you are interested in this Social Work role in Bolton, call Emily Cooper on 01635226350 or email ecooper@sheldon-phillips.com.