Form F Assessor Jobs
We're always looking for independent Form F Assessing Social Workers to join our team. Find out more about the role of Form F Assessors today.
Why become a Form F Assessor with us?
At Orange Grove, we pride ourselves on quality and strive to recruit the very best foster parents to care for the children we support. As a fostering agency covering most of the UK, we are always looking for experienced social workers, nationwide, to complete fostering assessments on potential applicants.
We complete some of our fostering assessments internally, however, the majority are completed by independent social workers who have contracts with the Polaris Community - a national community of fostering agencies that Orange Grove is part of. We offer market rates on a per-assessment basis, as well as travel expenses. We also offer opportunities for consultation and practice development.
If you have the right skills and experience and would like to find out more then please apply online today.
Who can become a
Form F Assessor?
We look for Form F Assessors who are able to produce and present high quality, evidence-based, analytical fostering assessments. You must also be able to meet the following criteria:
- Be a qualified social worker.
- Have significant post qualification experience of undertaking relevant assessment work.
- Registered with your country’s applicable social work council e.g. SWE and SSSC.
- Have a sound knowledge of child care legislation.
- Hold, or be willing to take out, professional indemnity insurances.
- Willing to attend a mandatory induction day and training days.
- Have unrestricted access to your own transport and to be willing to travel.
- Pass statutory and company checks as part of the assessment process.
- Ideally, have completed and taken to Panel at least one Form F Assessment previously.