London social work jobs
Qualified Social Worker
We are currently seeking a Qualified Social Worker with a minimum of 1 years experience to join a Fostering Team in the North London area.
Responsibilities:
1. To participate in the private fostering awareness campaign. To pursue opportunities to heighten local awareness of private fostering arrangements both in general and among specific communities.
2. To follow up enquiries and notifications from parents and private foster carers to ensure that all required steps are taken, as outlined in the private fostering regulations 2005.
3. To assess private foster carers, to ascertain their suitability to care for children and to include all members of the household.
4. To carry out core assessments if required and in the assessment process to assess and identify any risks; to undertake follow up visits.
5. To ensure that statutory checks for carers and significant others are completed and updated to agreed timescales.
6. To ensure Health and Safety assessments are routinely undertaken.
7. To prepare and log information onto framework (in-house social care system) i.e. assessment reports of initial, core assessments, recording visits and contacts in relation to all private fostering arrangement.
8. To provide a social work service to private foster carers, including maintaining regular contact with carers and the child, formal visits undertaken according to agreed timescales.
9. To conduct a needs analysis of each private foster carer and each privately fostered child to ensure the child's needs are met and the welfare secured. To participate in training courses and other initiatives identified as relevant to their particular needs as private foster carers, evaluate their progress and skills development.
10. To encourage and support contact with the privately fostered child's family and other significant people.
Pay rate is up to £26 per hour.
GSCC Registration is essential.
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