Fostering Support Team - Supervising Social Worker - Permanent

Hays; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking council dedicated to children's success in Southend-on-Sea as a Supervising Social Worker. In this vital role, you will train and support Foster Carers, ensuring the highest professional standards and adherence to fostering legislation. With a commitment to restorative practices, you will assess and support children and families, making a real difference in their lives. Enjoy a hybrid working environment with flexible hours, excellent training opportunities, and a supportive team culture. This is your chance to contribute to a community-focused vision where every child achieves success.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Flexible working

Excellent training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work and SWE registration required.
• Experience in restorative practices and child assessments is essential.

Responsibilities

• Train, assess, supervise, and support Foster Carers.
• Provide efficient service to children and families, ensuring needs are assessed.

Skills

Social Work

Restorative Practice

Assessment and Evaluation

Knowledge of Fostering Legislation

Education

Degree in Social Work

SWE Registration

Job description

Children Services - OFSTED RATING 2024 – GOOD

“Many workers have chosen to both live and work in Southend.
They have seen positive cultural changes in the organisation and describe Southend as not just being a good place to live but now also a good place to work.”

“Social workers speak with warmth and knowledge about the children and families they support”

CPD

“The training and development offered in Southend is comprehensive and equips staff effectively to deliver their work with children and families.”

LEADERS INPUT

“Leaders understand their local communities and have used this knowledge strategically and effectively to meet children’s needs.”

Our vision is
A Southend Where All Children Achieve Success. By joining Southend City Council as a Social Worker, you will be key in making our vision a reality for all children. You will be joining a service where we demonstrate with pride that:

• All paths lead back to the child.
• We spend time getting to know each child and their story.
• We do what we say we're going to do.
• We work with the whole family.
• No matter what, we aim to make things better.

You will provide support to work to the highest standard using our model of practice, Restorative Practice, to deliver the vision. You will access a professional social work development offer that has been designed by social workers, whatever stage you are at in your career. You will be given regular restorative supervision and separate supervision focussing on development and evidencing your SWE registration. We want everyone to take the lead in an area of interest for your team, and you will explore this with your line manager.

Please click the link below to find more information on Southend City Council’s Children's Services and to peruse our current vacancies:

Children’s Services – Southend-on-Sea City Council jobs (job-essentials.com)

Your new role

Southend-on-Sea Council's Fostering Support Team are looking to appoint a permanent, full-time Supervising Social Worker to train, assess, supervise and support Foster Carers in their role of looking after children and young people. Ensuring that the highest professional standards and a good overall knowledge of relevant children’s and fostering legislation, regulations and practice methods are met.

You will provide an efficient service to children, young people, their families and fostering families, ensuring that the needs of children and their parents and carers are professionally assessed. You will be required to investigate, evaluate and analyse information on cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidence in conclusions and realistic action plans. As well as this, you will need to develop practice which takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in their immediate and extended social circles and having full regard to their overall development needs.

The team have an average of 15 cases per person.

Duty will be undertaken in the office approx 3 days a month, with an on-site team meeting every other week. The post is hybrid, but you will be expected to be on site a minimum of 1 day a week.

What you'll need to succeed

When joining the council, you can enjoy a range of benefits including: 25 days annual leave, flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities. They are committed to ensuring that you are supported in this varied and challenging role with the appropriate level of training.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.