What Social Workers do?

You will be allocated a Social Worker who will carry out an assessment of your needs and will put together a Care & Support Plan with you. They will also be there to help and support you and will:-

• Visit you and explain to you why you are being ‘Looked After’
• Let you know how long you may be Looked After and what the long term plans are
• They will make sure you understand what is happening and why and will help you with any problems
• Visit you within the first week of moving to a new foster home or placement
• Talk to you on your own
• Talk about your hobbies, what you like and things you’re good at or anything you’re unhappy about
• Tell you about how you can get in touch if you need to
• Ask what you think about things
• They will visit you at least every eight weeks