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Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Supervising Social Worker

13/7/2021

 
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Location: East Midlands Family Placement Project
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Salary: £28,631.00 - £37,414.00 FTE
Closing Date: 16 July 2021
Interview Date: Thursday 12th August 2021

Barnardo's East Midlands Fostering Service has a vacancy for a qualified and registered Social Worker to join its Fostering Service. You will be joining an established and supportive team that are actively involved in assuring the needs of children are met across the  service by offering a robust package of support to our carers and young people

As a Social Worker you have the chance to make a real difference in the lives of Children, Young People and Families by:
  • Recruiting, assessing and approving a diverse range of fostering families to meet the needs of waiting children.
  • Delivering training to support the learning and development of foster carers within the service.
  • Matching the needs of children with the skills of appropriate foster parents.
  • Working directly with fostering families promoting a trauma informed approach and helping build and maintain family relationship.

Along with a Social Work qualification, you will have a passion and drive to make a positive difference to children and foster parents. 

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

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.

This is an office based position with the flexibility to work form home.

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

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