Social Worker - Kinship Assessment Team

We are seeking a qualified and suitably experienced Social Worker to join our Kinship Assessment Team .

This is an ideal opportunity to develop specialist knowledge within the fostering sector. If you are enthusiastic and passionate in making a real difference in children's lives

supporting them to remain in the care of their family, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

As a Kinship Assessment Team Social Worker, you will work closely with our children's social work teams in order to support them in their work to secure permanence for the Children We Care For. In doing so, work with and assess relatives and friends both as foster carers and/or special guardians to enable children to live within the wider family if they are not able to live with parents.

You will hold a caseload of families/friends you will be assessing as potential carers for a child/ren within that wider family/network. Write high quality, evidenced based assessments to present to court and/or fostering panel with the required timescales.

Write high quality, evidenced based assessments to present to court and/or fostering panel with the required timescales.

According to service need, complete Private Fostering assessments and stepparent adoption assessments.

You will need to have/be

Be a qualified social worker and be registered with Social Work England.

Have suitable post-qualifying experience in children and families work - experience of working with Children We Care For and foster carers would be an advantage.

Have a sound understanding of legislation relating to children, fostering and safeguarding.

Have strong communication skills which enable you to communicate with children, families, fellow professionals including foster carers and other agencies and to challenge as appropriate. The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Have a restorative approach and the ability to be solution focused, openly communicate and explore issue that may be challenging for potential carers or approved carers.

Be someone who enjoys a busy atmosphere with resilience and flexibility who can manage competing demands and the stresses that come with them.

Be a supportive team member with a willingness to participate in other team tasks in the fostering service.