Social Worker - Supported Lodgings

About the role

This position is for an experienced Social Worker to work within the Supported Lodgings Scheme, within the Fostering Service. The Supported lodgings scheme is made up of a Social Worker, Team Manager and Registered Service Manager.

Supported Lodgings offers young people the opportunity to live within a home with Supported Lodgings hosts offering them guidance and support, in readiness for independence.

Within the role you will be assessing potential Supported Lodgings hosts, providing supervision and completing annual reviews.

You will also help facilitate support groups for the young people and the 6 weekly support group for the Supported Lodgings hosts. Alongside this, you will be supporting hosts to welcome young people into their home, and build positive and trusting relationships with both the hosts and young people

This is a varied and interesting role within a developing team. There is flexibility in working patterns and some evening work will be required as part of the role.

About you

The children, young people and families we work with come from a variety of backgrounds and in order to deliver the best possible care and support, it is vital that we have a workforce that is culturally competent, representative and understands their unique experiences and perspectives. In line with our commitment to diversity and inclusion we would like to encourage applications from any individuals with or without protected characteristics as set out within the Equality ACT 2010.

You will have experience of working with young people, preferably aged 16+ and be confident in completing assessments.

About us

At Rochdale Borough Council, we continue an incredible journey to create a brighter future for our Children, Young People and those who care for them. As a Local Authority striving to deliver excellent practice, we believe in pushing boundaries and achieving good outcomes for all of the families we work with..

This is an exciting time to be joining the scheme as we continue to grow, develop and strive to provide safe and supportive homes for our young people prior to independent living.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects staff to share this commitment.

Appointment to this post is subject to a DBS

For internal RBC candidates approval for secondment should be obtained from your Service Director (or nominated representative) before applying for the post (temporary posts only)

If you are interested in what we are offering, and have the skills we are looking for we want to hear from you. If you would like to discuss the post further please contact Ruth Heyes, Team Manager on 01706 922763

To apply for this job role please complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the

person specification of the job role.