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Qualified Social Worker Fostering

Posted 24 days ago

  • Oldham, Greater Manchester
  • Any
  • External
Are you looking for a permanent position in Children's Social Work?
Would you like to work for a local authority where you can progress quickly?
The local authority are investing, improving and looking to the future. They're looking for ambitious individuals to help them achieve their ambition and in return are offering a fantastic benefits package to Children's Social Workers interested in positions within their Fostering teams in the Oldham, Greater Manchester area. The local authority operates the Mockingbird scheme and the team have a specialist Kinship and SGO team,recruitment team, retention and therapeutic support team.
Salary: £36,648 - £40,221
Benefits:
Stable and experience workforce
Experienced therapeutic team which offers, PACE, DDP, MIMS and think bricks intervention
Open line of communication with carers through quarterly forums, fortnightly newsletter, monthly meet the manager meetings and responsive duty email/telephone addresses for kinship/SGO and mainstream carers
Flexible time Scheme/Compressed Hours
£2,000 retention payment
Car user allowance of £500* and mileage expenses
Reimbursement of Social Work England registration fees
Relocation package of up to £8,000
25 days annual leave with option to purchase additional days and which increases after 5-10 years service
'Wellbeing Matters Internal Programme'
Season ticket loans for annual bus and metrolink
Annual Staff Awards
'Let's Talk Development Opportunities
Clear Progression Pathways

Responsibilities of a Social Worker in the Fostering Team:

Ongoing support and supervision to foster carers and their families
Keep records of the children and young peoples progress
Attend meetings, child care statutory reviews and care planning meetings
Work with foster parents and social workers to manage contact between children and their birth families

To be considered for the role, ideally you will have:

Social Work Qualification
1+ years experience of working within a similar team
Social Work England registration

If you have a friend or colleague who is looking to relocate/interested in the above role, please pass on our details or refer-a-friend through the Randstad website- we will get £300 worth of vouchers out to you if placed in post ts & cs apply!

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Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

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