Job Opportunity with Action for Children: Fostering Social Worker

Location: Homebased in the North East
Salary: £38,500 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time
Closing Date: 26 July 2024

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Location: Northeast England, Home based (with regular travel to support foster carers in the Northeast area)

Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-time, 37 hours per week (flexible hours considered) 

Interviews will be held week commencing the week of 5th August 2024

A bit about the role
Fostering Northeast is a small and developing service that offers fostering placements using a therapeutic framework. Holding a manageable caseload, you will be supported to draw upon theory and evidence around attachment and trauma-informed principles to scaffold the support that we offer to children and young people. This includes working closely with a team of clinical psychologists.

Our aim is to provide safe, stable, supportive homes for children and young people who have a history of attachment disruption, abuse, neglect and trauma. 

How you'll help to create a brighter future
We are looking for an outstanding Fostering Social Worker who can support carers from across the Northeast, you will make a difference by:

• Providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and working with other professionals where appropriate.
• Completing complex assessments of applicants to foster, making appropriate recommendations.
• Supporting fostering families to look after children and young people who have experienced trauma.
• Undertake fostering reviews, providing high quality, analytical reports and presenting to Panel where appropriate.
• Ensure all regulatory body requirements are met.
• Enthusiasm for learning and development.
• Contributing to an out of hours foster service (this will be done on a rota basis).

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