The job itself
The job itself
A great and exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Advanced Social Work Practitioner to lead on our Step-Parent and Private Fostering activity across our practice system.
The role will specifically complete Step-Parent adoption assessments and represent the local authority within the court arena, as necessary.
The role will specifically complete private fostering assessment and remain the allocated social worker for any child who is deemed to be privately fostered to ensure that the local authority’s statutory responsibilities are fulfilled. The role will also have an active part in promoting private fostering within our wider community in order to raise awareness of the statutory responsibilities placed upon the local authority for children potentially deemed in private fostering households.
We are looking for a practitioner with a passion about strength-based approaches and forming a relational based approach to securing good outcomes through supporting children, young people and their networks. We are looking to develop and build upon your experience of working with children and young people in an exciting role that is central to the development of a culture of driving up practice and improving the lived experience for those children and young people we work with. This is a specialist role in a large and extremely ambitious service, working across multiple portfolios, multiple complexities and with multiple users and partners.
The right candidate
You will contribute to the Quality of Practice agenda within the Directorate in order to help embed and promote a culture that leads to high quality and impact focused outcomes for children, young people and their families in East Riding of Yorkshire.
You will have experience of completing assessments and representing the local authority within the court arena.
You will demonstrate good experience of front-line practice, within a children’s practice system with an ability to identify what good practice looks like.
You will have advanced working knowledge of childcare legislative framework, strength based and restorative based approaches, as well as relational based practice.
You will have great attention to detail and the ability to interrogate and analyse complex information with good accuracy, including an ability to critically evaluate children and young people’s lived experience so that support can be provided to ensure interventions are outcome and impacted focused.
You will need to hold a relevant social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England and experience of working within a statutory setting and demonstrable commitment to your own professional development.
We are a small team and positive relationships are valued. You will also be working with the teams across our service and therefore, it is essential that the post holder is able to work effectively with others with a flexible and adaptable approach in a relational based approach.
You will be able to demonstrate a high level of motivation and the ability to work independently, with skills in working within timescales and with conflicting priorities.
As this is a part time role specific days will be agreed between the successful applicant and the service.
If you meet all of these qualities, have the right value base, and are an innovative leader, then what are you waiting for?
Apply now and make a difference.
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