Job Title: Fostering Social Worker

Hourly Rate: £33.30

Weekly Hours: 18.5 or 37

Location: Shropshire Council

Key Requirements

• Regular supervision sessions with carers to address ongoing issues, review placements, and provide emotional/therapeutic support.
• Acting as a point of contact for foster carers when they need assistance or advice.
• Checking that foster carers meet National Minimum Standards and Fostering Regulations.
• Maintaining necessary paperwork, safe care plans, risk assessments, learning & development plans.
• Identifying gaps in foster carers' skills or knowledge and putting together training or development plans.
• Helping carers with safe care planning, risk assessments.

Skills & Experience

• A qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• UK driving license
• 3 Years post qualifying experience
• We are looking for qualified social workers who have enthusiasm, positivity, flexibility, the ability to work to tight times scales and have a commitment to contributing to the development of the team and our foster carers

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Social worker experience and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.