Social Worker

About us

The Fostering Team provide placements for children and young people in care within Warrington. The recruitment, preparation, assessment, training, supervision and support of Foster Carers are the core tasks undertaken by the team.

 The Fostering Team aims to provide placement choice for children and young people in care. The stability of placements is paramount in ensuring positive outcomes for children and young people. The quality of foster placements is recognised as a central component in enabling children and young people in care to achieve a high-quality experience of family life. The Fostering Service continually strives to provide sufficient placements wherein foster carers are enabled to develop their skills and capacity to meet the needs of children in their care.

The role

The role of social worker within the fostering service involves the recruitment, assessment, and support of potential foster carers and friends and family foster carers. You will be involved in multi-agency work with children in care and work closely with our safeguarding and children in care teams. Ideally, we are looking for social workers who have experience of working with children in care, Kinship families and experience of undertaking fostering assessments.

What's needed?

Enhanced DBS clearance is required.

HPC registration.

Valid driving licence is required

 For further information please contact Lisa Lancaster, Fostering Team Manager [phone removed]

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

If you are applying for the job internally, please ensure that you apply via the Careers Page on SAP, however if you are applying for an additional job you would need to apply externally.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer