Independent Form F Assessor – Fostering
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30th November 2024 | |
QUALIFICATIOONS (IF REQUIRED) |
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£1900 per assessment |
Progress Fostering Service recruits foster carers for children in local authority care and supports foster carers to develop their skills and knowledge, to care appropriately for these children. We are currently rated “outstanding” by Ofsted.
We are seeking Independent Form F Assessors to complete assessments on applicants wishing to become foster carers. This will be a self employed role.
You will require effective reliable means of transport as the role requires travelling to our offices in Wolverhampton when required and to foster care homes across the West Midlands region to complete reviews. We offer a competitive fee of £1900 per assessment and 45p per mile mileage allowance.
Please note that this is a Self-Employed role.
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.
Qualifications (If Required)
- Certificate of Qualified Social Work
- Driving License
- Experience Required
Qualifications
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following qualifications:
- A recognised social work qualification, along with substantial post qualification experience in fostering or children’s services.
- Hold current Social Work registration.
Experience
- Good knowledge and comprehension of child care and fostering legislation, regulations, guidance and minimum standards
- Able to work independently to ensure that progress foster carers meet NMS requirements and Progress Foster Care expectations as excellent foster carers.
- Able to respond flexibly to the demands of the post and prioritise and meet deadlines
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, an ability to process and provide analysis of a wide variety of information
- Be able to work independently and provide review reports in a timely and planned way.
Skills/Abilities
Qualities
Other Requirements
You will need to be a car driver and have access to a vehicle as this role will require you to undertake visits across the West Midlands and to attend meetings at our offices in Wolverhampton.
Company Values
- Personal development opportunities
- Treating you as an individual
- Publicly recognising your achievements
- Supporting you any way we can
- Placing you on a comprehensive training program
- A competitive salary
Benefits
- Claim Mileage
- Flexible Working Hours
This is a self employed role where you will be paid £1900 per assessment + 45 p per mile travel expenses.
Who is Progress?
We are an established provider of specialist services for children and young adults from 0-25, who have disabilities and specialist needs, including profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, physical disability, sensory impairment, complex health care needs, acquired brain injury, and Autism. This encompasses a fostering agency, residential homes, supported living, a range of short break solutions, home and community support, preparation for independence and much more. As a values-led, family-owned business, we are not prepared to compromise on the quality and safety of our services, which are delivered following our owner’s ethos; ‘if it is not good enough for your own family, it is not good enough for our customers’..
We pride ourselves on enabling a more ordinary life to be experienced through extra-ordinary service delivery, with the people we support being the heart of everything we do. Everyone deserves a childhood and to move on into independence – this takes innovation every day as one size does not fit all where people are concerned!
Why work for Progress?
We asked some of our staff this question and the words they used in response included… friendly, further your career, support, extensive training, like a family, accepted, good team relationships, accommodating, flexibility, work ethic with colleagues, caring, shared passion, values aligned to your own, passion, not just a job; a career, gained skills, personal progression, support for staff; not just the people we care for, be part of a journey and the growth of the organisation, family feel, personal growth, opportunities, acknowledgement and recognition of efforts, not just a number, make a difference, feel appreciated, properly appraised annually with resulting outcomes, thorough induction, personal approach, no hierarchy, delivering on promises, high staff retention, respected as equals.
Even our temp had a positive opinion, “a great supportive team, allowing you to work flexibly with great opportunities to develop and apply your skills to assist across the business”.
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