Stockport Council
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Supervising Social Worker Short Breaks
SO2 (£34,834 - £39,186)
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Hybrid – Stockport Civic Complex and homeworking
Application Deadline: 15th March 2024
Shortlisting Date: 18th March 2024
Interview Date: 2nd April 2024
Interview Type: Face to Face
Your Role
Stockport’s Fostering Service and Stockport Families first service seeks to deliver a highly professional service to both foster carers and Stockport’s looked after children and young people. You will co-ordinate packages of support for children who are on the edge of care and organise respite care under section 17 with our foster carers.
You will work within the Edge of Care service which is an innovative, dynamic and creative service, that has a clear aim to safely prevent and reduce the number of children and young people from entering the care system in Stockport. With a workforce that has commitment to safely keep families together as a unit by strengthening, improving and re-building relationships. We are passionate about delivering ground-breaking solutions to promote sustainable change for our families.
Regular supervision and training and development opportunities are provided for all staff.
About You
You will have a Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England.
You will have social work experience and will have some experience of fostering experience.
Are you innovative, positive, dedicated and not afraid of change or challenge? Then help us to transform the lives and futures of children & young people on the “Edge of Care”. You will need to be passionate about working with Children, Young people and their families and foster carers.
You are a team player with a flexible approach to providing support needed.
About Us
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
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If you would like to find out more about the role please contact [email protected] for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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£34.83k per annum
