Our client, Blackpool Council is looking for a Social Worker to join their Fostering team.

A vacancy has arisen on the Support to Foster Carers team. The role of the fostering team social worker is to assist the foster carer in their task of providing care to a child in care which will improve the child's well being and life chances by promoting the individual outcomes for children. You will that ensure the foster carer has access to adequate social work and other professional support, information and advice, to enable the foster carer to provide consistent, high quality care for a child or young person placed in their home. Your relationship with the foster carer should be within professional boundaries and with a clear understanding you're your primary responsibility is to the child in placement. You will ensure that the child is seen and their individual needs are reflected in support for the carers professional development.

Candidates must be able to meet the following criteria:

• · Experience and demonstrable skills in engaging children/young people through a variety of direct workmethods
• · At least 2 years' experiencein statutory children's social work
• · Good understanding of safeguarding children processes
• · Experience of court work
• · Experience of managing a varied and complex case load
• · Ability to write concise,fit for purpose reports/court statements and ability to maintain up todate and accurate records.
• · Ability to work as part of a team.
• · Experience of inputting into children's services data systems (Mosaic;ICS)
• · Ability to be flexible, resilient and reflective.