Blackpool Council
Location
Blackpool, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Contract Type : Permanent
Hours : 1 x 4 day post (29.6 hours per week)
Salary: Grade H1 / H2 SCP 27 - 35 £35,745 - £43,421 pro rata per annum
Closing Date: 13th March 2024 at 23:59pm
Supervising Social Worker positions have arisen on the Support to Foster Carers team. This is a permanent post.
The role of the Fostering Team Social Worker is to assist the foster carer in their task of providing care to a child in care which will improve the child’s well being and life chances by promoting the individual outcomes for children. You will ensure the foster carer has access to adequate social work and other professional support, information and advice, to enable the foster carer to provide consistent, high quality care for a child or young person placed in their home. Your relationship with the foster carer should be within professional boundaries and with a clear understanding that your primary responsibility is to the child in placement. You will ensure that the child is seen and their individual needs are reflected in support for the carers professional development.
The post holder will be required to offer support to our in house foster carers, following the statutory requirements, in line with the National Minimum Standards in Fostering and ensuring Blackpool Families Rock values are taken into consideration and used sufficiently. You will expected to supervise and be responsible for a caseload of foster carers who care for Our Children, working alongside them with other professionals in securing positive outcomes and providing each child with the opportunity to reach their full potential whilst in the care of our foster carers.
What we offer
We’ve strengthened our recruitment process too - You’ll get a quick response to any expression of interest and application. We offer regular virtual interview days and we will keep in contact with you from the day you are offered a role to your first day with us.
Applying to more than one Social Work Team?
Please submit only one application, stating the Teams you wish to apply for and how you meet the skills/knowledge required for each Team within your Supporting Information.
The Council operates an Introduce a Friend Scheme for a small number of agreed jobs in Children’s and Adults Services which encourages our Blackpool Council employees to initiate a successful introduction. This job is one of those roles, therefore if you have received a recommendation from a friend please ensure you select ‘Introduce a Friend’ when asked on the application where you heard about the vacancy.
Click here to view the Job Description.We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (
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Have you got what it takes to ride the Roller Coaster ride of Social Work in Blackpool? for further information on the career path and development opportunities available at Blackpool please see here .
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£35.75k per annum
