Social Worker - Frostering Team - Devon

Eden Brown Synergy; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

CV review service

Interview advice

Competitive rates of pay

Post-placement follow up meetings

Job summary

Eden Brown Synergy seeks a Qualified Supervising Social Worker for the Fostering Service in Totnes, Devon. You will ensure timely, high-quality assessments to recruit and support foster carers for vulnerable children, working within a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.

You will conduct foster carer supervision, annual reviews, and attend multi-agency meetings, including child in care reviews and risk assessments, with opportunities to present to panels and support groups.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with HCPC registration and relevant foster care experience.
• Experience in supervising foster carers and completing annual reviews.
• Ability to manage complex cases and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Foster carer supervision and ongoing support to carers.
• Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews.
• Unannounced visits to foster carers.
• Attendance at meetings such as child in care reviews and risk meetings.
• Presenting to fostering panel as required.
• Facilitating foster carer support groups.
• Close work with childcare teams to ensure child safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Fostering supervision

High-quality assessments

Partnership working

Deadline driven

Children welfare

Education

Qualified Social Worker

HCPC registered

Social Work degree

Job description

Qualified Supervising Social Workers required for work within the Fostering Service in Devon in Totnes. This is an exciting opportunity with excellent rates of pay in a Children Kinship Care Team. Pay rate up to £38.00ph. Hybrid working. 37 hours per week

Mockingbird Liaison Worker (Supervising Social Worker) - Totnes, South Devon.

As someone who knows what good foster care looks like, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon. You will be working in a fast paced and supportive environment.

Supervising Social worker responsibilities include:

• Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers.
• Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews.
• Unannounced visits to foster carers.
• Attendance at meetings as required (eg. child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings etc).
• Presenting to fostering panel as required.
• Facilitating foster carer support groups.
• Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure safety and wellbeing of children

About you:

Like us, you'll be passionate about improving children's life chances. As an experienced qualified social worker with energy and enthusiasm, you will be able to demonstrate success in the managing of complex situations. You will be committed to reflective practice and know how to energise, motivate and challenge practitioners. You will have an ability to work to deadlines in a fast paced and supportive environment. We are looking for people who are strong in partnership working, think creatively and are ready to try new things.

As an Eden Brown Synergy candidate, you can take advantage of our competitive service offering:

• Dedicated personal and professional service.
• Free DBS check.
• CV review service.
• Interview advice.
• Competitive rates of pay.
• Post-placement follow up meetings.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.