Supervising Social Worker, Fostering Therapeutic Team

mbi Medical Ltd; Ipswich; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

mbi Medical Ltd in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated professional to work with a specialist team of Social Workers and Practitioners to deliver a high‑quality service to Suffolk Foster carers. You will provide statutory supervision and support to foster carers, facilitate support groups and learning opportunities, and undertake reflective supervision with peers and supervisors.

Working closely with the Therapeutic team, you will promote trauma‑informed care and contribute to training and

Responsabilités

• Deliver high-quality service to Suffolk Foster carers
• Provide statutory supervision and support to foster carers
• Facilitate support groups and learning opportunities for foster carers
• Undertake annual reviews and all statutory checks on fostering households within expected timescales

Description du poste

• work with a specialist team of Social Workers and Practitioners to deliver a high-quality service to Suffolk Foster carers
• Providing statutory supervision and support to foster carers
• facilitate support groups and learning opportunities for foster carers
• receive regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
• contribute creative and innovative ideas to improve practice in a well established and supportive team.
• work closely with the Therapeutic team to promote trauma informed care and attachment training, alongside our Therapeutic social workers and our Clinicians to support children and carers in their placements.
• work in partnership with the Placements team to match and place children needing foster placements and ensuring maximum use of in-house foster care placements.
• Work alongside childcare professionals to support children in their foster placements with regular communication and attendance at meetings.
• Undertake annual reviews and all statutory checks on fostering households within expected timescales – (required by Fostering Standards Regulations and guidance)
• Providing good quality, thorough and analytical recording and reports.
• Supporting carers to move children on to adoptive families
• Supporting foster carers to take full responsibly for their ongoing professional development
• Facilitating support groups and other learning opportunities for foster carers.
• Participating in monthly 'reflective supervision' as well as individual supervision.
• Facilitate and offer therapeutic support to Foster Carers and children
• Be curious about and able to work within a therapeutic framework, you must be highly self-reflective and able to model this with the foster carers you are working with
• Work in partnership with the Senior Clinicians across Camhs Connect and STF
• Facilitate and develop training opportunities for carers.
• Undertake Video Interactive Guidance work with Foster Carers.
• Facilitate Foster Carers support groups.
• Contribute to the support for 2 Mockingbird hubs.
• Lead on arranging activities for Fostering Families; Beach hut days, activity days at Thorpe Woodlands, Christmas Parties