Senior Social Worker - Fostering Team

JOB-20240819-db742659

Job Title: Senior Social Worker - Fostering Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children
Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
Salary: £35.00 per hour

Senior Social Worker within the Fostering Team in Wakefield, earning £35.00 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, making it ideal for experienced fostering professionals looking to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people. Working within a supportive and dedicated Fostering Team, you will play a key role in recruiting, assessing, supervising, and supporting foster carers while promoting placement stability and positive outcomes for children in care.

This is a fantastic opportunity to utilise your fostering expertise while enjoying the flexibility, variety, and professional rewards that locum work provides.

Perks and benefits:

• Part Time / Full Time: Enjoy the flexibility to choose a working pattern that suits your personal and professional commitments.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £35.00 per hour, rewarding your skills, experience, and dedication.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing learning and development opportunities to support your career progression and enhance your expertise.

• Supportive Team Environment: Join a collaborative and welcoming team where your contribution is valued and supported.

• Meaningful Impact: Play a vital role in supporting foster carers and helping children achieve safe, stable, and positive outcomes.

• Varied and Rewarding Work: Work across a range of fostering-related responsibilities, ensuring every day brings new challenges and opportunities.

• Flexible Locum Lifestyle: Benefit from greater control over your schedule while continuing to develop your professional experience.

What you will do:

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of prospective foster carers, including connected persons and mainstream fostering assessments.

• Present fostering assessments and recommendations confidently to Fostering Panels.

• Provide regular supervision, guidance, and support to approved foster carers.

• Develop and review Foster Carer Development Plans to support ongoing learning and high-quality care provision.

• Manage and respond to safeguarding concerns, ensuring children's welfare remains paramount at all times.

• Support placement matching processes and promote placement stability for children and young peo