Senior Practitioner: Fostering Supervising Social Worker

Coram Academy Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Together Trust is expanding its Independent Fostering Agency in the Northwest and seeks a Senior Practitioner/Supervising Social Worker to lead core supervising tasks, undertake Form F assessments and contribute to service development.

You will supervise foster carers, support workers and students, work within safeguarding policies, and be prepared for evening or weekend duties with hybrid working across Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Qualifications

• Core supervisory and social work skills for fostering services.
• Form F fostering assessments and complex work experience.
• Ability to work within safeguarding policy and DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, assess, supervise and review foster carers.
• Provide ongoing supervision and reviews for foster carers and support workers.
• Receive, process and progress referrals for children and young people.
• Contribute to development of a high-quality, flexible fostering service and lead on areas of service development.
• Develop, facilitate and deliver training for prospective and approved foster carers.
• Depute at meetings and undertake specific tasks for the Registered Fostering Manager.
• Undertake independent and complex assessment work as directed by management.
• Supervise staff and students as allocated by the Registered Manager.
• Support ongoing development of the service and safeguarding compliance.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Fostering assessments

Safeguarding

IT literacy

Education

Social Work qualification

Tools

CHARMS

Job description

The Together Trust is expanding its Independent Fostering Agency in the Northwest and seeks a Senior Practitioner/Supervising Social Worker to lead core supervising tasks, undertake Form F assessments and contribute to service development.

You will supervise foster carers, support workers and students, work within safeguarding policies, and be prepared for evening or weekend duties with hybrid working across Greater Manchester and Lancashire.