Fostering Social Worker- Trafford

About the Role: Trafford Council\’s Fostering Service is seeking an experienced Assessing Social Worker to join the Recruitment and Assessment Team within Provider Services. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that cared-for children have loving, stable, and high-quality foster homes to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Key Responsibilities: Undertake Form F assessments of potential mainstream carers, including face-to-face sessions, statutory checks, reference checks, and producing high-quality assessments. Conduct Connected Person assessments for potential connected carers, ensuring robust and thorough evaluations. Understand permanency planning for children and young people during assessments. Attend care planning meetings, legal gateway meetings, cared-for children review meetings, and other relevant forums. Present assessments at Fostering Panel and attend court as required. Undertake duty work including viability assessments, Regulation 24 assessments, and identifying foster placements. Deliver Skills to Foster training, including evening and weekend sessions. Support recruitment events and liaise with the GM Hub. Participate in team meetings, service development working groups, and continuous improvement initiatives. Work collaboratively with children\’s social work teams, Practice Managers, and Advanced Practitioners to maintain high-quality social work practice and achieve the best outcomes for children.Essential Skills & Experience: Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England. Significant experience in foster carer assessments, including Form F and Connected Person assessments. Strong knowledge of children\’s legislation, fostering regulations, and permanency planning. Excellent assessment, report writing, and analytical skills. Experience working with multi-agency teams and understanding the wider fostering and care system. Ability to manage a caseload effectively, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines.Why Work With Eden Brown Synergy: * DBS check processed and paid for * Referral bonus if you refer a colleague or friend * Bonus for finding your own job * Twice weekly payroll * Dedicated consultant support throughout your assignment 📧 Contact: Mayur Rabari – m.rabari @(url removed) 📞 Call: (phone number removed) Apply Today to join Trafford Council\’s Fostering Service and make a real difference in the lives of children and foster carers through high-quality assessments and support. Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer. Eden Brown Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number (phone number removed). Our registered address is 5th floor 4 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AR, part of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment Limited T/A nGAGE Talent. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This message is intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to us, and immediately and permanently delete it. Do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. We take reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email but cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage sustained as a result of computer viruses and the recipient must ensure that the email (and attachments) are virus free