Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Social Worker - Fostering and Adoption (Family Placement)

Location: Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: £28,631 - £37,414
Closing Date: 20 August 2021
Interview Date: TBC

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Barnardo's Fostering and Adoption North East has an exciting vacancy for a Social Worker to join it's team. This post offers the opportunity to join a committed and enthusiastic team of professional social workers and to develop knowledge and skills in the specialist area of family placement, within a very supportive setting.

In this role, you will have the remit to ensure quality of placements provided by foster carers and adopters, providing support, supervision and training as appropriate.

Solid experience in fieldwork, residential or in a family placement setting is an essential part of the role, so if you have this then we would love to hear from you:

• Degree in Social Work or relevant qualification in the field, such as DipSW, CQSW is essential. 
  
• Registered with Social Work England, or other equivalent.
  
• Proactive team player with excellent communication skills and the ability to work flexibly and independently.
  
• Good working knowledge of child protection procedures and legislation as applied to looked after children.
  
• A good working knowledge and understanding of the issues facing birth parents, adopters and foster carers.
  
• Good report writing and assessment skills. Experience of assessing prospective adopters and foster cares is preferable.
  
• This is an extremely rewarding role, which can make a real and significant difference to the lives of children and young people.

The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving license that enables them to drive in the UK and have use of a car and business use insurance. Barnardo's is, however, willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by other means.

The applicant will need to be able to participate in an "On Call" rota Out of Office hours. There is additional remuneration for providing this service.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work life balance, we therefore offer flexible working arrangements as the role involves some evening/weekend working, and travel with occasional overnight stays.

Over the past year, our workers have all been working from home, however we are working towards a blended working approach which will likely be a mix of home and office based working. 

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.  

About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

 Full details and application documents here