Experienced Supervising Social Worker
2 weeks ago
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Experienced Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time for Brighter Futures for Children based in Reading.
The salary for this permanent Experienced Supervising Social Worker job is up to £47,493 per annum.
Main duties:
- To actively participate in the recruitment, assessment and training of prospective foster carers as well as pursuing suitable placements for BFFCs approved foster carers.
- Support the continued development of Foster Carers.
- To provide and deliver professional support and supervision BFFCs foster carers whilst promoting the safe care and development of looked after children/young people in order for the children to achieve their full potential in terms of their physical, social, emotional and educational needs.
- To develop and maintain positive working relationships with children, their families and other professionals.
- To keep up to date with contemporary issues in children's social work including legislation, evidence-based practice and to attend relevant training and develop opportunities.
- To actively liaise with colleagues, children's social work teams and external agencies in order to gather information relevant to jointly plan and deliver interventions.
- Maintain and update case notes and other records in line with practice standards and fostering regulations, write reports as required, if required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
- To work in a manner that is consistent with and upholds BFFCs Equal Opportunities & Diversity Policies.
- Undertake a range of assessments as required.
- Maintain and update case notes and other records, write reports as required.
- Take reasonable care of your own health and safety and co-operate with management, so far is necessary, to enable compliance with the company's health and safety rules and legislative requirements.
- While this job description provides a summary of functions and responsibilities of the post, this may need to be adapted or adjusted to meet changing circumstances. Such changes would be commensurate with the grading of the post.
Requirements of this role:
- Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
- Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
- Experience of community and/or group work.
- Knowledge of children's health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.
Contact:
This Experienced Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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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