Social Worker vacancy – 2 x Full Time &  1 X 18.5 hours per week

These are permanent roles within Children's Social Care.  The first 18 months will be supporting the Foster Service who are currently working on an exciting project.  Following the 18 month assignment role will be reassigned to other vacant position within West Sussex County Council Children’s Social Care .

With you, with the child…Every step of the way

WSCC is committed to recruiting more foster carers for our children looked after and therefore the fostering recruitment team is expanding. This is an exciting and dynamic time to join our service.

The fostering recruitment team is a small established and experienced team who has strong senior leadership supporting our work.

In order to respond to the needs of our children looked after population we need creative, proactive and reflective social work practitioners who have excellent assessment and analytical skills. If you have experience in writing Form F Fostering assessments, Adoption or Special Guardianship Order assessments this would be an advantage, however if you have the ability and enjoy writing clear, concise and evidence-based assessments in a timely manner then we would like to hear from you.

You will be required to support fostering recruitment events and training, and therefore excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential in order to promote our service. You will also be part of a duty system where you will be undertaking initial calls and visits to prospective foster carers. 

You need to be HCPC registered, hold a social work qualification and have use of a car as this is a county wide post. In return you will receive regular reflective supervision and the support of experienced Managers.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Gail Mannion or Amanda Hemming

 Closing date: 5th June 2017

Interview date: 21st June 2017