social worker Mansfield, England
Job description
We currently have a Fostering Family Worker vacancy in the Fostering Service as part of our ongoing mission to improve the quality of support available to looked after children and foster carers. You will be enthusiastic, creative, and flexible with significant knowledge and experience of safeguarding children. You will hold a professional qualification in a childcare related field (Minimum Level 3 NVQ).
You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality. Relevant experience of working with children and families is also an essential requirement of the role. Recording, report-writing, and IT skills are also essential, along with an ability to work on your own initiative and as an effective member of a team.
We are looking for Fostering Family Workers who have excellent organisational skills and an ability to establish good working relationships to achieve specified goals. You will also have a flexible commitment to work out of hours at times to carry out duties as and when required by the service.
The role of the Fostering Family Worker is to primarily support placement stability for children/young people and increase carer confidence in utilising therapeutic parenting techniques to support positive outcomes. Fostering Family Workers undertake therapeutic training/support to our foster carers and directly work with children in care, or with the sons/daughters of foster carers. You must be willing to engage in any further training offered if you are not already DDP, Theraplay or PACE trained. If successful, you will be joining an established team of workers, where your development will be supported.
For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Gavin Taylor, on 01158040055.
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Tier 7b
Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.
Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.
Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.
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