Supervising Social Worker - Fostering - Hatfield - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Supervising Social Worker for the Fostering Team in Hatfield. This full-time position offers a salary of up to £43,700 per annum. The role involves monthly visits to foster carers, providing support and ensuring compliance with legal standards. Applicants must hold a professional Social Work qualification and have a good understanding of relevant legislation. The agency promotes diversity and equality in the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly visits to Foster Carers, ensuring all reports are completed timely.
• Provide weekly telephone support to Foster Carers with prompt recording.
• Support the Out of Hours service by participating in the rota.

Skills

Professional Social Work qualification

Understanding of relevant legislation

Registration eligibility

Good working knowledge of legislation

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work Full Time for Caretech, Thames Valley.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £43,700 per annum.

• Monthly Supervising Social Worker visits to the Foster Carer, ensuring that supervision is recorded, and reports are completed within 5 working days with copies sent to the child’s social worker and Foster Carer as applicable.
• Weekly telephone support to Foster Carers, with recording completed within 24 hours and noting all matters on files.
• Support the Out of Hours service by partaking in the rota for covering this service.
• Partake in the duty-day rota at the office to ensure that carers and external professionals receive a good quality service.
• Cover referrals and ensure that placements are made in a timely and professional manner.
• Work with colleagues on the appropriate placement and/or movement of children with Family Carers.
• Work with colleagues on the placement arrangements for young people moving on, as agreed with the Local Authority social worker or in line with the care plan.
• Attend the organisation’s fostering panel, ensuring that all assessments and reviews have been appropriately completed.
• Deliver training and facilitate monthly Support Gorup Meeting’s to and with Foster Carers.
• Prepare and support carers and children when attending court.
• Attend and record court case conferences, planning meetings and reviews as professional representative of the agency.
• Full compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
• Ensure management is proactively updated on all matters relating to practice, compliance and outcomes.
• participate in regular supervision sessions and annual appraisals.
• Ensure an efficient, effective and proactive approach to service provision.
• Update the database to reflect all current practice matters on the foster carers and young persons

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker role:

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.