Cheshire West and Chester Council
Location
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Mockingbird, led by The Fostering Network in the UK, delivers sustainable foster care. This exciting programme is currently working with over sixty fostering services across England, Scotland and Wales, and is looking to grow further. Mockingbird is an evidence-based model structured around the support and relationships an extended family provides. The model nurtures the relationships between children, young people and foster families supporting them to build a resilient and caring community.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
We are seeking to grow our team of passionate and dynamic Fostering workers. We are looking for a talented and experienced social worker to join our Fostering Service as Liaison Worker (Senior SSW grade). The successful candidate will be instrumental in its development and implementation of the Mockingbird Model as we develop one constellation of carers to begin with.
The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to develop their skills and adopt different ways of working with foster carers in establishing the first Mockingbird hub. This may include developing training courses and learning opportunities for both carers and professionals as well as supervision of the Hub carer and potentially others.
Be part of this ambitious project to deliver the highest quality foster placements to looked after children and young people.
For an informal discussion around this post please contact Julie Preece - [email protected]
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No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £10.90 per hour for all contracted hours.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected] and quote job reference number in all correspondence.
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Salary
£45.29k - £51.99k per annum
