Job Description

Our client Liverpool city council is looking for a social work Advanced Practitioner to join their Fostering kinship team.

We are looking for a new social worker within Fostering Families & Friends (Kinship) Assessment team, to specifically assess the suitability of relatives or close family friends to care for children/young people through viability / connected persons and Special Guardianship Order assessments.

Candidates must be an experienced Children's Social Worker in Fostering - specifically within Kinship Assessment, having completed SGO assessments previously and have strong knowledge of Children's relevant legislation, processes and frameworks, particularly in relation to Looked After Children and kinship to apply for the role

The role includes;

• Providing high level of risk analysis and completion of detailed analytical Kinship assessments
• Regular statutory visits to all carers, undertaking high quality sessions, ensuring optimum safeguarding
• Making informed child centred decisions, applying critical reflection and analysis in complex cases
• Ability to meet demands of the service, producing consistent high quality work to good standard within set timescales and managing court deadlines

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.