Fostering Social Worker

The role

Our Northern Ireland Regional Fostering Service provides a high quality service for a wide range of children and young people aged 0-18 years.

The service offers a range of placements including short and long-term placements, solo placements, and sibling group placements, including placements for disabled children and those presenting with multiple needs and challenging behaviour.

Based in Ebrington, this role will cover the Northwest of the province. You'll be working 37 hours a week, generally Monday to Friday, but there will need to be some flexibility to meet the needs of the service and you'll be part of the On-Call rota.

You will make a difference by:

 - Supporting of existing foster carers.

 - Recruiting new foster carers.

 - Undertaking of fostering assessments.

 - Maintaining regular contact with the foster carers, including monthly home visits.

 - Attending meetings and reviews as required.

You will need:

 - A Social Work degree.

 - At least 2 years post qualification experience.

 - Good report writing skills.

 - Excellent communication skills.

 - The ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues.

 - The ability to work flexibly and the willingness to join the on call rota.

 - Access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.
 

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.


For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.
 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.