Advanced Practitioner Fostering
Advanced Practitioner Fostering
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Job Description
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full time
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is 44711 (Level one) rising to 47754 pro rata for parttime
Location:Loxley House Station Street Nottingham NG2 3NG
Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out more
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return we are looking for people like you people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
The role is for an advance practitioner in the fostering team the role involves supporting and supervising foster carers to maintain high stand of foster placements to children in care. As an advance practitioner you will be involved in the recruitment process and assessment of new foster carers completing form F assessments.
The role involves some evening and weekend work supporting at carer events support groups recruitment events and carer training.
>Supervising social workers provide regular support this includes building strong relationships with foster families ensuring they feel supported and that carers understand childrens care plans.
>They act as a key point of contact between the fostering service foster carers and the child or young person. This includes building strong relationships with foster families ensuring they feel supported and valued
>They maintain regular contact with foster families social workers and the child or young person through visits phone calls and other means
>They support foster carers in their training and development helping them to meet their learning objectives and understand the fostering services policies and procedures
>They are responsible for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children in care including identifying and responding to any safeguarding concerns.
>They work in partnership with various stakeholders including the childs social worker local authorities and other professionals to ensure the childs needs are met.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
Social work qualification
Extensive experience of working with children and families
. This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for the role
. A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
. The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.
For informal enquiriesplease contact Balbir Sahota by telephoneor email
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held:TBC
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Employment Type
Full Time
