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Job Title: Assessing Social Worker
Location: Regionally based across Wales and Bristol
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £43,000 - £45,000 per annum (+ £3,000 car allowance)
About National Fostering Group
Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025!
83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company!
With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.
As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.
We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit.
About the Role
We are looking for Assessing Social Workers to join our team. In this role you will be the first point of contact for prospective foster carers, guiding and supporting them through the whole assessment process with the highest level of customer service. You will be responsible for conducting well evidenced assessments which elicit comprehensive reports within established timelines, ensuring accuracy and high-quality standards.
Effective communication with colleagues and building relationships with the fostering agencies in your region will be crucial to this role. You will participate in recruitment and retention meetings, contribute to best practice development and help facilitate workshops to share knowledge and enhance practice standards.
This role will involve a lot of travel to applicants’ homes and fostering agencies to gather information, facts and evidence to prepare comprehensive assessment reports. You will also prepare prospective foster carers for panel presentations, reassuring them and managing their concerns throughout the process.
A full list of responsibilities can be found in the Job Description attached.
About You
The Assessing Social Worker will be a dedicated and experienced Social Worker with a degree in Social Work and relevant registration. The ideal candidate will have proven experience working with foster carers, children and families, and expertise in family placement, child care and permanency.
You will be experienced and proficient in completing fostering assessments, informed risk evaluations and presenting fostering assessments to panels. You will need strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle sensitive situations with empathy and excellent report-writing capabilities.
The candidate must be knowledgeable about child development, attachment theory and fostering regulations. A commitment to equal opportunities, personal learning and development, along with the ability to travel flexibly across the region is required.
A full list of criteria can be found in the Person Specification attached.
But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
* 27 days holiday, increasing with service up to 32 days + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays
* Bonus schemes
* Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme
* Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Life Assurance
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you. Just some of the things on offer:
* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
* 100’s of discount options
* Salary sacrifice Eco Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme
* Tech benefit
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer.
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Salary description
£43000.00 - £45000.00 per year