Fostering Support Worker

Lancashire County Council values the contribution made by children and young people to their communities. We are currently recruiting for a Fostering Support Worker to provide a statutory social work service to children in need, who may also be in need of protection or who may be looked after.

The Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a fostering and kinship recruitment and support service in accordance with National Minimum Standards for Fostering and Adoption Services. This is a hybrid role that will require the candidate to work at County Hall, Preston but also work from home or local offices. The candidate would need to be near enough to Lancashire to be able to comfortably travel to the applicant's homes within their workday. Mileage will be paid only connected to work journeys.

Responsibilities

• Carry out the statutory obligations of the Directorate within the context of Government guidelines in particular the Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards, County Policies, strategies and procedures.
• Comply with the Directorates administrative and financial procedures including the maintenance of appropriate records.
• Make full use of Information Technology and all computer systems in use by the Directorate as and when required.
• Liaise and negotiate with other professionals in statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and families.
• Prepare for, attend and contribute fully towards the supervision process, staff meetings, in-house or external training courses.
• Prepare for and contribute to the Staff Development Portfolio in accordance with the Directorates policy.
• Be aware of and responsive to the differing needs of all sections of the community.
• Be responsible for own continued learning and share an up to date knowledge of research findings in relevant fields of social work.
• Assist with the training, assessment and support of family and friends foster carers.
• Process applications by kinship carers to care for children known to them. To support our kinship families.

Requirements

• Experience in providing a statutory social work service to children in need, who may also be in need of protection or who may be looked after.
• Experience in providing a fostering and kinship recruitment and support service in accordance with National Minimum Standards for Fostering and Adoption Services.
• Enhanced DBS.
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle.
• Flexibility to work across Lancashire regularly and beyond.

If you are interested, please call Chris Richardson on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - Christopher.richardson@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS:

• A specialist, dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact
• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!
• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
• Payroll service twice a week.
• Ltd and PAYE payment options available.
• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.
• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.
• DBS disclosures provided via fast-track online services free of charge.