Social Worker

Your will:

• undertaking regular supervision, support, and unannounced visits to a variety of approved foster carers including mainstream and family and friend's foster carers.
• also undertake fostering assessments in relation to changes of approval, long-term fostering assessments and foster carer annual reviews.
• close liaison is maintained with children's teams and others involved in the team around fostered children to ensure good outcomes for children.
  
  You'll need to be a:
• Qualified Social Worker
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.
Above all, you'll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it's safe to do so.

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire