Children's Social Worker – Fostering Service

at  South Gloucestershire Council

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Our social workers make a real difference. Every day they work with families to help children and young people who have had a difficult start in life to achieve their ambitions. You will be listening to young people and putting them at the heart of all that we do and working in partnership with families, equipping them with the skills they need to ensure young people live in happy, healthy and safe homes.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• A qualified social worker with relevant registration to practice and a good understanding of asset and strengths based approaches to social work
• A problem solver, confident about making important decisions, underpinned by a genuine passion to work collaboratively with children, young people and families to meet their goals and aspirations
• To be able to evidence high level of expertise, knowledge and skills within the field of Fostering
• Innovation, positivity and dedication. You’ll welcome challenge and embrace change.
  Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
  You will be required to travel widely to a range of locations within the Authority so you must have a current driving licence and access to a suitable vehicle insured for business use.

We have a strong culture of giving staff the time, freedom and support to explore new and better ways of doing things, so we’re looking for individuals keen to use their creativity to deliver high quality, child-centred practices, which ensure the best outcomes for children and families.

As a Fostering Social Worker, you’ll be:

• Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families, connected carers or SGO carers, and working with other professionals where appropriate.
• Completing mainstream fostering assessments or connected care/SGO assessments, making appropriate recommendations, with a view to ensure outcome focused achievements for children, young people and families.
• Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma and ensuring they have the skills and knowledge to enable them 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.