Fostering Supervising Social Worker

Liquid Personnel; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private health care

Pension scheme

Death in Service

Eye care vouchers

Birthday day off

38 days annual leave

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking a Supervising Social Worker based in Mansfield with weekly travel to a regional office. This full-time, permanent role offers up to £41,400 salary plus £3,400 car allowance.

You will provide intensive support to foster carers, ensuring high-quality care for vulnerable children in line with England regulations. The role involves supervising a caseload, carrying out visits, and developing plans for carers while collaborating with local authorities and maintaining proper

Qualifications

• Current Social Work England registration and eligibility to work in the UK.
• Degree in Social Work/Masters/DipSW/CQSW.
• 2 years' relevant recent practice experience desirable but not essential.
• Thorough understanding of safeguarding and legislative framework pertaining to children.
• Ability to manage a case load.
• Excellent communicator and strong assessment skills.
• Car driver with own car and clean license.

Responsibilities

• Monthly supervision of a manageable caseload (12-15 fostering households).
• Undertake planned and unannounced visits to children in placement.
• Formulate development plans for foster carers.
• Forge effective working relationships with local authorities responsible for children.
• Maintain accurate recording and report writing; ensure compliance with standards.
• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children at all times.

Skills

Excellent communication

Assessment skills

Caseload management

Car owner with license

Education

Social Work degree / Masters / DipSW / CQSW

Social Work England registration

Job description

Liquid Personnel is seeking a passionate and dedicated Supervising Social Worker to join an Ofsted 'outstanding' rated independent fostering service covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This role will be primarily based in Mansfield with weekly travel to a regional office. The post is full-time, permanent (37.5 hours) with a salary up to £41,400 plus £3,400 car allowance.

Role Overview

• Provide intensive support to foster carers and their families to ensure high-quality care for vulnerable children.
• Work in accordance with Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 and National Minimum Standards 2011.

What will your responsibilities be

• Monthly supervision of a manageable caseload (12-15 fostering households).
• Undertake planned and unannounced visits to children in placement.
• Formulate development plans for foster carers.
• Forge effective working relationships with local authorities responsible for children.
• Maintain accurate recording and report writing; ensure compliance with standards.
• Promote and safeguard the wellbeing of children at all times.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary of up to £41,400 inclusive of car allowance.
  
• 38 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays.
  
• Your birthday day off.
  
• Excellent Private Health Care and Dental Scheme.
  
• Company Pension Scheme.
  
• Death in Service payment to your beneficiaries of 3 times your annual salary.
  
• Eye care vouchers

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Current Social Work England registration and eligibility to work in the UK.
• Degree in Social Work/Masters/DipSW/CQSW.
• 2 years' relevant recent practice experience desirable but not essential.
• Thorough understanding of legislative framework pertaining to children and of safeguarding.
• Ability to manage a case load.
• Excellent communicator and strong assessment skills.
• Car driver with own car and clean license.

If you have the experience and ambition to work for a leading independent foster care agency and want to improve outcomes for children, we are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults; all roles require a satisfactory DBS check.

This is an equal opportunities employer.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.