Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Team

Location Uxbridge
Job type Permanent
Salary £42k per year
Consultant Alex Moon
Call 07458161360
Reference 194106

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time based in Uxbridge, for Regional Fostering Service.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £42,000 per annum.

Main duties:

  • Using a range of office software including email, spreadsheets and databases.
  • Managing filling systems.
  • Supervising Social Workers are responsible for delivery, quality, development and finance.
  • Liaising appropriately with placing authorities and other professional services to ensure a child’s care plan is followed through.
  • Undertake annual foster carer reviews and present to the Agency’s fostering panel in accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Manage a caseload of approved foster carers and foster carers going through the assessment process.
  • Provide day to day support to foster carers.
  • Participate in the matching process for potential placements and potential foster carers.
  • Participate in skills to foster training where appropriate and requested to do so by senior management.
  • Assist with fostering events such as promotion days.
  • Partake in the out of hours duty rota.
  • Provide placement reports within the required timescales set out by your line manager.
  • Participate in collating evidence with your foster carers in order to complete the Training Standards Development portfolio.
  • Ensure all foster carers that you are responsible for are adequately trained and have up to date development needs analysis.
  • Keep and maintain appropriate records of all work undertaken. This includes recording on the CHARMS database, ensuring all correspondence between yourself and professionals and service users are recording efficiently and to a high standard.
  • Go above and beyond for the children and the foster carers in placements you are supervising.
  • Be able to manage one’s own time and be aware that flexible working hours will sometimes be essential.
  • Be responsible for your own professional development.

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.