Social Worker
We are offering a £3,000 annual market supplement for this role!
All social workers within the Permanency service are offered the opportunity to undertake meaningful direct work such as life story work and the work we undertake can make life long differences to their lives.
We are looking for enthusiastic, committed social workers who have the passion and the drive to make a positive difference to children’s lives and can help motivate the networks around our young people to achieve excellent standards of care and support to our young people. AfC offers a hybrid way of working with the main office based in Kingston where you will support children and young people aged 0 to 18. Internal applicants will be considered for a secondment.
About the role
You will act as a corporate parent to our children and be the lead professional. It will be key for you to understand and champion the views and wishes of our children and young people so that they may be supported to reach their full potential. You will work alongside other professionals, to ensure that a child and/or young person receives appropriate care, education and health services, and any other support needed to ensure their needs are appropriately met.
Supporting children living with relatives, friends of foster families and prospective adopters or children living in children's homes and young people in semi-independent units....