Social Worker – Fostering Assessment Coordinator

Location: Usk, Monmouthshire
Working Pattern: 4 days per week | Hybrid working
Rate: £38.43 per hour Umbrella
Contract: Temporary

About the Role

Hoop Social Work are recruiting for an experienced Social Worker to join Monmouthshire Social Services, based in Usk, working within their fostering service.

This is a specialist role for a Social Worker with significant experience of fostering and undertaking fostering assessments, who can coordinate and quality assure assessments completed by both internal and independent assessors.

Working 4 days per week on a hybrid basis, you will play an important role in ensuring fostering assessments progress within the required timescales and meet the appropriate quality and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Allocating Form F and Form K assessments, alongside Letters of Instruction

• Overseeing assessment progress and ensuring key timescales are met

• Liaising regularly with independent fostering assessors

• Tracking assessment progress, quality and completion

• Leading and quality assuring fostering assessments

• Ensuring consistency, quality and compliance across assessments

• Providing constructive feedback and support to assessors

• Identifying any issues or delays and helping to ensure these are addressed promptly

About You

You will need to be an experienced Social Worker with a strong background in fostering and fostering assessments. This is a role where your knowledge and experience will be particularly important, so previous experience undertaking and/or quality assuring fostering assessments is essential.

To apply, you will need:

• A minimum of 6 months' experience working in the UK as a registered Social Worker

• A recognised Social Work qualification

• Current registration with Social Care Wales or Social Work England

• An Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service, or be happy to apply for a new DBS

• 3 years of satisfactory referencing

• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle

Why Register with Hoop Social Work?

• 20+ years' experience in the social work market

• A local specialist agency based in Cardiff, with roles across South Wales, West Wales and South West England

• Exclusive roles and early access to new opportunities

• A Welsh-speaking consultant if you'd prefer to discuss your job search in Welsh

• PAYE or Umbrella payroll options – whichever suits you best

• Twice-weekly payroll

• A dedicated consultant as your main point of contact, with wider team support when needed

• We actively supply every Local Authority across South and West Wales, as well as clients across South West England

• £200 Love2Shop voucher for every successful friend or colleague you refer

• Wellbeing sessions and thoughtful extras, including birthday gifts

• DBS and compliance support to make the process as smooth and straightforward as possible

Interested?

If you're an experienced fostering Social Worker looking for a specialist role with a good balance of home and office working.

Contact Sarah Leigh at Hoop today on 02922 400519 for an informal chat.