Fostering Social Worker

Job Introduction

Fostering Social Worker (Proficient)  

Job functions 

• Provide reliable effective social work practice that safeguards and promote the welfare of children in need so that children maintain a reasonable standard of health and development, receive reasonable parenting, and have a sense of permanence. Where a child is disabled take action to minimise the effect of their disabilities so they have the opportunity to lead lives as normal a life as possible.  

• Be responsible for the assessment, supervision, and support of foster carers. 

• Take effective action to secure permanence for children unable to live at home within a timescale that meets their needs.   

• Work with foster carers and other professionals to ensure children’s needs are met in accordance with their placement plan, care plan or pathway plan, and the appropriate level of delegated authority is in place.   

• Show effective practice that places children at the centre of professional assessment, planning, intervention and review activity, and that their views and wishes (appropriate to their age and understanding) are sought and used to understand the child’s world and shape the level of intervention and type of help offered. 

• Provide effective practice in working with foster carers, special guardians, prospective adopters and other people who are looking after someone else’s children, to maximise their effectiveness in ensuring that children’s needs are met and that they are able to live as normal a life as possible, understand their journey to their placement, are making good progress in terms of their health, development and education, and are prepared for their transition to adult life.

• Provide effective professional leadership so that professionals work together well to meet the needs of children. 

• Promote and deliver publicity, marketing and recruitment campaigns to individuals and groups to generate new enquiries from the public to become foster carers. 

For an informal discussion please contact Mercia Jackson at Mercia.Jackson@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or 020 8921 2601 / 020 8921 2602  

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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