Family Finding Social Worker - Social Care Qualified Birmingham Children''s Trust 2 days in office 3 remote. Job Purpose To secure timely, stable and nurturing family-based fostering placements for children and young people by undertaking creative and proactive family-finding activity. The Family Finder will work collaboratively with social workers, placement services and external providers to identify and promote suitable care arrangements that meet children''s individual needs and support permanence planning. We are keen to hear from applicants with placements and/or family finding experience. Key Responsibilities Family Finding and Permanence Planning Undertake comprehensive family-finding/placement finding activity for children requiring foster care, long-term fostering or other family-based permanence arrangements. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with children''s social workers and placement services. Contribute to permanence planning by providing specialist advice regarding family-finding opportunities and barriers. Child Profiling and Marketing Develop high-quality, strengths-based child profiles, pen pictures and promotional materials that accurately reflect the child''s identity, needs, wishes and aspirations. Produce engaging family-finding resources including videos, digital profiles and other media to promote children requiring placements. Ensure all family-finding documentation is child-focused, trauma-informed and professionally ..... full job details .....