Social Worker - Kinship Assessment
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Job Location:
Middlesbrough - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We have an exciting role on offer within our Kinship Assessment Fostering Service as a Social worker.
About Us
The Fostering Service in Middlesbrough has an exciting opportunity to recruit an experienced Social Worker as part of the Kinship Assessment Team.
Social workers within the Kinship Assessment Team have the responsibility of assessing and training prospective Kinship carers and attending panel for approval and submitting their assessments to court.
To help us recruit social workers who are committed to working in Middlesbrough we are currently offering a 15% supplement to social work salaries. This additional 15% will be reviewed at the end of March 2027.
You will work alongside the childs social worker and other professionals to respond to enquiries and complete home visits assessing a candidates suitability as Kinship carers using Coram BAAF Form K and associated templates. Experience of completing complex family assessments would be essential. As a creative resilient and responsible member of our team you will be helping to create happy homes for children young people and their carers.
As part of this we work closely with social workers for our children who are Looked After. Along with our colleagues we have a responsibility for securing permanence for children with plans of adoptions long-term fostering and special guardianship orders.
They work closely with partners as corporate parents to support children to develop their life skills achieve to their full potential and work towards their aspirations. This is an exciting time of change within the service which is both rewarding and challenging.
If this is you this may be the opportunity you are looking for!
In return we can offer:
Generous leave entitlement with an option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
Excellent pension plus top-up options.
Staff networks run by our staff for our staff.
Flexible working (dependent on job role).
Electric car lease scheme.
Cycle to work scheme.
Employee benefits portal including Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme.
Staff lottery.
Travel and car parking schemes.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
Fantastic career progression opportunities and lots more!
This vacancy is part time working 22.2 hours per week and fixed term until 28.11.2026
If you would like to talk through this opportunity further please contact Nicole Drake
The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We operative a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability are a looked after young person care leaver or a veteran.
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We believe in rewarding our people for their hard work by offering an attractive benefits package includinggenerous annual leave employee discounts and that all important pensiontheres something to benefit everyone!You can find out more about us and what weoffer by clicking below.
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Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
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