Senior Social Worker (Foster Care) – Field-Based Impact

Foster Care Associates (fca); Sheffield; Ibrido; GBP 35.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Company car or £2,000 car allowance

30 days annual leave, rising to 35

Life Assurance

Company Pension

Free on-site parking

Employee Discount Scheme

Medical Cash Plan

Descrizione del lavoro

Foster Care Associates in the UK is seeking a highly motivated Senior/Supervising Social Worker to join our inspirational team and advance the fostering services in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire area.

You will support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for children and young people, supervise and monitor suitability, and ensure high standards of recording, safeguarding, and report writing.

Competenze

• A Social Work qualification.
• Professional registration with Social Work England.
• Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing.
• A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures.
• The willingness and ability to travel extensively across the Yorkshire/Humberside/Lincs area.
• Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK driving licence.

Mansioni

• Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
• Supervise, support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children and young people.
• Ensure that foster parents fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures.
• Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards.
• Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care.
• Promote participation of children and young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community.
• Participate in an Out of Hours support service on a rota basis.
• Undertake occasional initial home visits and Form F assessments.

Conoscenze

Report writing

Travel extensively

Running safeguarding procedures

Driving licence

Formazione

Social Work qualification

Descrizione del lavoro

Foster Care Associates in the UK is seeking a highly motivated Senior/Supervising Social Worker to join our inspirational team and advance the fostering services in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire area.

You will support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for children and young people, supervise and monitor suitability, and ensure high standards of recording, safeguarding, and report writing.