Social Worker | Permanent & Fixed Term | Fostering - Kinship Assessment | Preston

17 days ago
United StatesFull TimeSocial Work
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

Job Description

About the Role

Join Lancashire County Council as a Social Worker | Permanent & Fixed Term | Fostering - Kinship Assessment | Preston in United States.

Key Responsibilities

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Requirements

  • The Fostering Service seeks to build positive relationships with professionals working with our families, ensuring a strengths-based approach when meeting our children and carer's needs.
  • You will have a keen eye for detail, as the role will also involve compiling assessment reports to present to the fostering panel and the Court.

Work Schedule

  • Full-time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Lancashire County Council as a Social Worker | Permanent & Fixed Term | Fostering - Kinship Assessment | Preston.

Key Skills

Social Work England RegistrationViability AssessmentsKinship Foster Carers AssessmentSpecial Guardians AssessmentAssessment Report CompilationFostering Panel PresentationCourt PresentationCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsSelf-AwarenessReflective ApproachStrengths-Based Approach
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Position Insights

WeekdayDoc rates Social Worker | Permanent & Fixed Term | Fostering - Kinship Assessment | Preston at Lancashire County Council a 4.0/10 for work-life balance — below average.

This position offers no on-call requirements, no weekend shifts.

Key skills for this role include Social Work England Registration, Viability Assessments, Kinship Foster Carers Assessment, Special Guardians Assessment, Assessment Report Compilation.

Benefits include Annual leave, Bank holidays, Local authority pension, Shared AVCs, Long service award.

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About Lancashire County Council

Government Administration
Preston, Lancashire
2-5

Benefits & Perks

Annual leave
Bank holidays
Local authority pension
Shared AVCs
Long service award
Employee assistance programme
Support groups
Cycle to work schemes
4.0

Work-Life Balance Score

Below Average

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full Time

Posted

17d ago