Children\'s Social Worker- Connected Carers Team

Our client, Stockport Council is seeking a Children’s Social Worker to join their Connected Carers Team.

Fantastic payrate of £35 per hour!

Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• Managing a varied caseload of cases, including complex ones, and potentially mentoring other colleagues.
• Conducting thorough assessments to determine if a potential connected person placement is in the best interests of the child.
• Evaluating the suitability of connected persons as foster carers, including assessments in court settings.
• Providing ongoing support, advice, and guidance to connected carers to help them create a safe, healthy, nurturing, and learning environment for the child.
• Creating and implementing support plans tailored to the specific needs of the child and the connected carer.
• Establishing and maintaining strong, professional relationships with connected carers, children, and their families.
• Facilitating and managing contact between the child and their birth parents, while balancing competing relationships and identifying potential difficulties in the future.
• Ensuring the child's emotional, social, and educational needs are met within the connected care setting.

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 3 year's experience working as a Qualified social worker

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!