Qualified Social Worker, Fostering/Children in Care Team, Wigan Council
New Today
- To work closely with staff within the service and social work teams to effectively support foster families
- To assess and provide training/ development opportunities to foster carers
- To prepare high quality, accurate and thorough reports for a variety of purposes e.g. presentation in legal proceedings, LADO consultations, planning meetings, children's reviews, fostering and adoption panels
- To carry out an annual review of foster families
- To contribute to the development of the fostering service
- Be willing to work flexibly including evening work, when required
- Be placed on the duty rota to respond to SGO support
- Ensure children in care are safeguarded and relevant procedures are followed if an allegation/ concern is raised against a foster carer
- Ensure that children's care and development needs are met within placements
- Manage and appropriately prioritise tasks within an allocated workload
- To assess the need for resources to support a foster care in meeting the needs of any children placed including the identification of risk to children and young people, assess their need for protection, and determine the best method of intervention, ensuring that the Team Manager is consulted/advised throughout the case progression
- Best Interest Assessor (BIA)
- Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
- Looked After Children (LAC)
- Children's Social Work
- Adult Social Work
- Service Manager
- Head of Service
- Team Manager
- Assistant Team Manager
- A wide range of housing roles
- Careers in SEND in local authorities
- Location:
- Wigan
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Healthcare & Medical
