Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
Hourly Rate: 33.30
Work Pattern: Hybrid working approach. Ability to work more at home with occasional office presence.
Key Requirements
- Being a member and team player of an established Support and development service.
- Having a good knowledge and experience working in accordance to Fostering regs, NMS standards
- Understanding and able to ensure all compliance for foster parents is updated, recorded on LCS.
- Communicate and support foster parents with trauma informed understanding and therapeutic principles.
- To supervise foster carers ensuring all key areas of the role are discussed, recorded and challenged where necessary.
- To carry a case load of foster parents and complete all tasks in accordance to the role of SSW.
- To be able to be efficient recording fostering annual reviews and when required to present to panel.
- To attend team meetings and work as part of the team supporting others where necessary.
- To be part of a duty rota, supporting foster carers, completing viability assessments when required. Twice per month.
Skills & Experience
- A qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
- Committed to supporting children, young people and their families and has the resilience to go that extra mile to ensure they achieve their potential.
- UK driving license
- 3 Years post qualifying experience