Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Fostering Social Worker to work full-time based in Doncaster. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice and be registered with the HCPC.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £33,000 per annum (+ £700 'on call allowance' on top of this salary, so £33,700).
About the role:
The role is based from home, and has the advantage of managing your own diary for geographic appointments, visiting families in the area etc, you will be required to visit the Fostering office in Doncaster once or twice a week.
You will be responsible for providing support to foster placements. Fostering experience and knowledge of fostering regulations is essential for this position. You will be part of a small team and will have had exposure to managing multi agency partnerships. This position also requires a strong understanding of the therapeutic model including PACE.
By providing professional supervision and developmental support, including advice and guidance to fostering families and colleagues from other agencies where appropriate, including being part of an Out of Hours Service (through participation in rota) providing support 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year.
The successful applicant will be part of an aspirational fostering team of Social Workers. You will be expected to uphold the core values and beliefs of the organisation, ensuring that children, young people and foster carers receive a high-quality service and that commissioners' expectations and contractual requirements are met. This will be instilled through effective day to day delivery of a high-quality fostering service.
Benefits:
Minimum 29 days' holiday plus bank holidays
Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Season ticket travel loans
Company pension scheme, up to 7% employer match
Ability to buy and sell holiday
Discounts at major high street retailers.
Requirements of the Social Worker:
Recognised and relevant professional qualification e.g. DipSW, CQSW, CSS.
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
A minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience
Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
Supervisory experience in a regulatory environment
Ability to keep the service regulatory safe
Strong ethos of keeping the child at the centre
Strong sense of ability to support therapeutic needs of children
A stable career history and experience of fostering services
Access to a vehicle due to being required to travel across Yorkshire and The Humber area is essential.
Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Jenifer Watts; 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.
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.
