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Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team - London

Sanctuary Personnel

London

On-site

GBP 44,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is hiring a Supervising Social Worker for the Fostering Team in London. The role involves overseeing Foster Carers, ensuring compliance with policies, and supporting children in care. Ideal candidates will possess a Social Work qualification and a strong understanding of relevant legislation, providing a vital service in child welfare.

Qualifications

Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
Good working knowledge of relevant legislation.
Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

Conduct monthly visits to Foster Carers and ensure reports are completed.
Support the Out of Hours service and partake in duty-day rotas.
Attend fostering panel meetings and prepare for court proceedings.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Organizational Skills

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team - London

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, based in London.

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.

* To support the Out of Hours service by partaking in the rota for covering this service.

* To partake in the duty-day rota at the office to ensure that carers and external professionals receive a good quality service.

* To cover referrals and ensure that placements are made in a timely and professional manner.

* To work with colleagues on the appropriate placement and/or movement of children with Family Carers.

* To 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.

* To attend the organisation's fostering panel, ensuring that all assessments and reviews have been appropriately completed.

* To deliver training and facilitate monthly Support Gorup Meeting's to and with Foster Carers.

* To prepare and support carers and children when attending court.

* To attend and record court case conferences, planning meetings and reviews as professional representative of the agency.

* Full compliance with organisational policies and procedures.

* To ensure management is proactively updated on all matters relating to practice, compliance and outcomes.

* To participate in regular supervision sessions and annual appraisals.

* To ensure an efficient, effective and proactive approach to service provision.

* To 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.

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