Job Description

A local authority based in the West Midlands is giving you the opportunity to join their Looked After Children Team! You will be joining a friendly and ambitious team who are highly focussed on positive outcomes for their children in care!.

This local authority is offering an ongoing contract giving you the stability and time to ensure that you can make the most positive and effective impact possible! The Looked After Children team is so welcoming and supportive that we have seen agency workers stay for over 12 months and eventually choose to join permanently!

The team is working on a 4 week duty rota which will provide you with an excellent work life balance and gives you more autonomy when managing your schedule. You\xe2\x80\x99ll only need to be in the office on Wednesdays and carry out visits in person so the majority of work is home or field-based!

With this local authority, once a decision has been made that a child/children are going to remain in Foster Care under S20 or by Court Orders, the case will transfer to the LAC Team. Children will be supported in this team until they are 21 years old (25 years old if they are engaged in education or training). They will have visits from their social worker every 6 weeks within the first year of being in care, and then every 12 weeks after this time. Often children can be placed outside of the local authority area so you must be able to make visits to see these children in line with the statutory requirements. The social worker will arrange and attend LAC reviews for the child to ensure all the outcomes are regularly achieved for the child/children.

Benefits:

• Maximum regional rate of \xc2\xa333.30 per hour
• Excellent supervision and manageable caseloads
• Working alongside stable teams of experienced social workers and permanent established team managers
• Access to all in house training and development to support CPD
• Hybrid working

The ideal candidate will be:

• A Qualified Social Worker with up-to-date Social Work England registration
• In possession of a UK drivers licence and your own transportation
• Experienced with Looked After Children Teams

What NonStop Care offers;

• Your own designated consultant and one point of contact
• CV review service
• Interview advice and preparation
• Consultants with Social Work experience
• A supportive team who can always deal with your queries

What I offer:

• As the Senior Consultant for the North West, I have obtained a number of contacts, meaning you will have access to more job roles than your typical recruitment agency
• I work directly with Local Authorities meaning I can discuss your CV with line managers ensuring quicker feedback, interviews, and hopefully job offers!

If you are interested in the role or any similar vacancies available, please feel free to apply or call Milika at Nonstop Consulting for more information.

If you\xe2\x80\x99re not interested at the moment perhaps you know someone who is? We offer a referral fee of \xc2\xa3200 in high street vouchers, you could make a friend very happy and have some extra cash for yourself.

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