Fostering Supervision Specialist

2 days ago


South Hams District, United Kingdom Devon County Council Full time
Job Overview

This Advanced Social Worker role provides a lead social work position within each team, supporting the development of good evidence-based practice at Devon County Council.

We're seeking a skilled professional with substantial post-qualifying experience and a strong ability to demonstrate that they're working at the Experienced Social Worker level, as outlined in the BASW PCF framework.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Working holistically with foster families to support children with complex needs within a multi-agency environment
  • Demonstrating knowledge and experience of social work mentoring, coaching, and training professional colleagues
  • Providing evidence of substantial post-qualifying training and development
  • Leading improvement and challenging the quality of social care practice in a constructive manner
  • Either being a Practice Educator or willing to undertake relevant training at the earliest opportunity
About the Opportunity

This is a great opportunity to grow your social work career with an ambitious authority at a time of exciting change.

We've embedded our restorative practice approach across our teams and invested in training all practitioners and managers to build and maintain positive relationships with our children, young people, and carers.



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