Social worker - Fostering - Cardiff

Reference: 3394052814_1744873977

Qualified Social Workers required for work within the Fostering Service in Cardiff, South Wales. This is an exciting opportunity with excellent rates of pay in a Children Team Pay rate up to £41ph. 3 month contract but likely reviewed. Cardiff is a beautiful city area with gorgeous beaches.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a qualified Social Worker to join the Fostering Service as an Assessment social worker. This would include the completion of Special Guardianship assessments and Connected Person Assessments including conversion assessments for those carers pursuing a Special Guardianship arrangement. This is an exciting time to join Cardiff, which is an Authority on the implementation journey that uses strengths based practice in their approach to working with children and their families.

We are looking for a qualified social worker with experience of supporting foster carers and cared for children and young people to join us in our stable and experienced mainstream fostering team.

You will be responsible for supervising foster carers, as well as participating our duty service in which you will assist in identifying matches for young people who need to be cared for. The role also involves participating in recruitment activities and foster carer events.

You will be required to have a good working knowledge of legislation related to cared for children and the regulatory requirements related to local authority fostering services.

You be required to be office based at least 1 day a week and whilst on duty and will need to be able to be able to travel on a daily basis to visits and events in and around the City of Cardiff

You will be Care council for Wales registered, ideally a driver with access to own car and able to reside and work in the UK

As an Eden Brown Synergy candidate, you can take advantage of our competitive service offering: * Dedicated personal and professional service. * Free DBS check. * CV review service. * Interview advice. * Competitive rates of pay. * Post-placement follow up meetings.

To discuss this role or any other Qualified Social Care roles in South please contact Kelly Stock at Eden Brown on 0117 910 3809/07800 543 641 or email your CV to:

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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£41 - £41
Per hour
Up to GBP41.12 per hour

Cardiff

Full Time

Added 17/04/2025
Reference: 3394052814_1744873977

Social worker - Fostering - Cardiff

Cardiff
Full Time

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