Vacancy Summary

Job Role:

To undertake all tasks and duties in accordance with service standards and ensure the achievement of key national and departmental performance indicators.

To assess the child and the suitability of private foster carers, to monitor, supervise, advice, support and train the private foster carers appropriate to the needs of the privately fostered child.

To obtain the parents (or person who holds PR) views in relation to the arrangement, the child's needs and the issues outlined in private fostering regulations (2005).

To comply with the requirement to maintain confidentiality of information at all times, including details of service users, residents, clients, suppliers, contractors, staff and finances.

To achieve the required standard of competence to effectively use industry standard applications such as Microsoft Office (mainly Word and Outlook) as well as social care record systems.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

To follow up enquiries and notifications from parents and private foster carers to ensure that all required steps are taken, as outlined in the private fostering regulations 2005.

To assess private foster carers, to ascertain their suitability to care for children and to include all members of the household.

To carry out core assessments if required and in the assessment process to assess and identify any risks; to undertake follow up visits.

To ensure that statutory checks for carers and significant others are completed and updated to agreed timescales.

To ensure Health and Safety assessments are routinely undertaken.

To write assessment reports of initial, core assessments, recording visits and contacts in relation to all private fostering arrangement.

To provide a social work service to private foster carers, including maintaining regular contact with carers and the child, formal visits undertaken according to agreed timescales.

To conduct a needs analysis of each private foster carer and each privately fostered child to ensure the child's needs are met and the welfare secured. To participate in training courses and other initiatives identified as relevant to their particular needs as private foster carers, evaluate their progress and skills development.

Please contact me immediately if you wish to be considered for this position