London (On-Site)
Contract, Full time
No DBS check required
£45,000 - £49,999
FULLTIME
Salary: £46,067 + Travel Allowance
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG/Hybrid
Hour per week: 36
Closing Date: Monday 7th October 2024 at 23:59
Interview: TBC
We are recruiting for two posts, one will start immediately and the other post is a Maternity Cover post due to commence in January/February 2025.
Please kindly confirm in your Supporting Statement which role you are applying for please.
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved
We are currently looking for a highly motivated enthusiastic, individual to join our Fostering Recruitment and Assessing Service.
As a Recruitment and Assessment Social Worker, you will be committed to providing high quality care to Children Looked After and Young People, raising the profile of fostering to ensure all children have positive experiences whilst living away from their families. You will also be responsible for the recruitment, assessment, training, and support of all internally approved foster carers, providing care to any Child or Young Person Looked After. You will have experience of completing Fostering Assessments and supervising foster carers.
We take pride in getting it right first time and you will receive the training and support you deserve to help you deliver for this already first-rate service from day one. If you have the commitment, drive, and ability to deliver high service standards across the borough, then you are the person we are looking for.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.
To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10611622/file/document?inline
All About You
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
For this role, you will need to hold a relevant Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England, along with two years post qualification experience of working in a Children and Families Division including experience in a fostering service.
You will bring to the role your sound knowledge of the legislative framework of social services departments relating to children and fostering, particularly the Children Act 1989, Care Standards Act 2000 and Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011. You will be able to respond calmly to unexpected and emotive problems, seeking solutions, modifying plans and arranging the provision of additional services and/or resources where appropriate.
With your experience, you will bring to the role the ability to deal with conflict effectively, involving and signposting other people and services where applicable. You will be a creative thinker, self-reliant and resilient, knowing how to respond to situations in a positive and effective way to gain successful outcomes in difficult situations.
What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Interest free loans
- Access to our incredible staff networks
- Career development and training
- Wellbeing support and activities
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.