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Social Worker - Lichfield (Fostering)

Staffordshire County Council

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Lichfield (On-Site)

Permanent, Full time

Basic DBS check required

£36,648 - £41,410

37.0 hours per week


Fostering East provides support and supervision to foster carers residing in the East of Staffordshire. Fostering East is a stable team and has the benefit of experienced staff.

The fostering service has a commitment to stability of placements, safeguarding children and promoting capacity to provide sufficient placements to meet the needs of children in our care.  

Main Responsibilities

Your will:

  • undertaking regular supervision, support, and unannounced visits to a variety of approved foster carers including mainstream and family and friend’s foster carers.
  • also undertake fostering assessments in relation to changes of approval, long-term fostering assessments and foster carer annual reviews. 
  • close liaison is maintained with children’s teams and others involved in the team around fostered children to ensure good outcomes for children.
The Ideal Candidate

You’ll need to be a:

  • Qualified Social Worker
  • Registered with Social Work England.
  • Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle.

Above all, you’ll bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so.

For further information about this role please contact Emma Luckman at emma.luckman@staffordshire.gov.uk

Interviews will be held on week commencing 21st October.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. 

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.


Closing date: Tue 08/10/2024 at 00:59
Job reference: staffscc/TP/990/2533
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