Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team - Haringey - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Supervising Social Worker for the Fostering Team. This role involves ensuring compliance with regulations and supporting children and young people in care. Candidates must hold a social work qualification, understand relevant legislation, and be registered with Social Work England. This is a full-time position based in Haringey, London, offering a competitive salary of up to £45,628 per annum.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid Social Work Qualification.
• Registered with Social Work England.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Fostering Services Regulations.
• Engage and empower children and young people.
• Support IRO’s in reviewing Care Plans.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Social Work England registered

Education

A social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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 based in Haringey.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £45,628 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the service exceeds the requirements of the Fostering Services Regulations, National Minimum Standards and best practice.
• Engage and empower all children and young people to have a more effective voice in making decisions about their own care and planning service developments.
• Ensure that children unable to return to their birth family have agreed permanency plans with give them appropriate legal security and are progressed on a timescale that is right for the child. By developing the use of Special Guardianship and rationalising the delivery of Long Term Fostering.
• Support IRO’s to review Care Plans at every Looked After Child Review and make certain the plan for permanence is addressed at the 2nd review with clear timescales for implementation of the permanence plan.
• Make sure that every child and young person is provided with information about the services to be provided and the independent support systems, through the Haringey’s Children’s Guide.
• Provide foster carers with supervision & support and learning & development opportunities which will enable them to promote positive outcomes in all areas of children and young people’s lives.
• Employ skilled and competent social workers and ensure they make use of council policies, procedures and systems effectively and equitably to increase the efficiency of the service so improving performance against agreed outcomes for children.
• Promote Haringey’s priorities for children and young people – as detailed in the Children and Young People’s Plan with a particular emphasis on promoting outcomes for children in care.

Requirements

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact

This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

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.

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