Family Placement Worker

Job description

The Service & Team: We are seeking a permanent full-time (37 hours p/w) Home-finder to join our friendly and supportive Home Hub team; we work from our office base in Truro and from home. We work diligently and collaboratively in this rewarding role to find homes (foster homes or children’s residential homes) for the most vulnerable children and young people in Cornwall. We work closely with children’s social workers and the fostering service to match our foster carers with the children and young people needing caring and loving foster families. The Role: You will work in a small and very supportive team. Your day will involve reading referrals for children, liaising with social workers for the children, foster carers and/or their social workers and other professionals who know the child in order that you can learn more about them and their needs to enable you to find them safe and happy homes. You will be organised, have an eye for detail and be able to manage a number of tasks with a crucial part of the role ensuring the safeguarding of children and young people. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers appl...