Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker to work full time based in West Bromwich.
The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £37,782 per annum
Main duties:
- Participate in foster carer recruitment campaigns that targets all ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic groups
- Participate in the preparation and presentation of training programmes for carers and colleagues
- Prepare and present fostering assessments and foster carer reviews to the Fostering Panel
- Respond promptly and positively to referrals ensuring that, subject to good professional practice, best possible use is made of available places and foster
- To regularly visit foster carers, including their own children, (at least monthly) providing support and supervision to ensure that the standard of care offered meets the best interests of placed children, and that the principles of safe caring are applied
- Maintain an accurate and up to date record of contacts and visits with foster carers, that includes the identification of their strengths and areas that need further development
- Support foster carers in meeting the needs of children in placement, as identified in the care plans, including advising carers of the complaints procedure
- Monitor the outcomes of children as per the requirements of the placing authority and liaise with the child’s social worker, advising on various aspects of the placement
- Ensure that each child in placement is seen on their own
- Establish and participate in support groups for foster carers, and their own children
- To attend Statutory Reviews, placement meetings, stability meetings, disruption meetings and Child Protection case Conferences where required
Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:
- A social work degree or equivalent
- Understanding of relevant legislation
- Continual professional development
- Social Work England registered
Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker is advertised by Harry Smy; 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.
