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Job Title: Supervising Social Worker

Location: Yorkshire- Doncaster Office

Contract Type: Part Time

Hours: 22.5 hours per week

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata

PRIMARY FOCUS: To Safeguard and Protect Children’s Welfare

Safeguarding: Our agency acknowledges the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice and OFSTED requirements.

Equality & Diversity: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any protected criteria.

Supervising Social Worker
An exciting opportunity to join our small but busy team, Family Fostercare are currently seeking a Supervising Social Worker to fill a part time vacancy. You will support the agency in ensuring all government legislation, Fostering Regulations and National Minimum Standards are complied with.
This is a Home/office-based role offering flexibility.

Job Specification

Provide support, supervision and training to Foster Carers to provide a safe and appropriate environment for children and young people in their care
Enabling and challenging the safe practice of Foster Carers and ensuring continued suitability and competence
Participate in Annual Reviews of Foster Carers
Maintain accurate recording in all aspects of the fostering task and ensuring Foster Carers are recording appropriately
Completing and reviewing comprehensive Risk Assessments
Working with Foster Carers to ensure Children and Young Peoples Care Plans are continually monitored and worked towards
Ensuring Family Safer Care Plans are current and comprehensive
Undertaking bi-annual unannounced visits
Participate in the Out-of-Hours Duty Line
Assist with facilitating Activities, Support Groups and Training
Develop links between the community and the agency to enable young people to participate fully in the life of their local community
Promote positive relationships between Family Fostercares Service Users and all professional personnel and supporting agencies
Act at all times in accordance with all Regulations and Guidelines as laid down by all relevant Government legislation.

Requirements

At least 2 years or more post-qualifying experience in Fostering is beneficial
A passion for providing the best outcomes for Children in Care
Ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of professionals
Desire to contribute to the further development of the agency
A commitment to your own personal and professional development
Transferable social work skills and a flexible approach
Car owner and driver

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we offer a range of attractive employee benefits including:

Salary

We offer generous salaries which are regularly reviewed and bench-marked with other employers to ensure that we remain competitive. Plus, an additional payment for on call duties.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to support you in your work life balance, including flexi-time and TOIL.

Annual Leave

We offer all staff 25 days annual leave each year (increasing each year to a maximum of 30), birthday leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata if part-time). Plus, an additional 7 days or payment for on call duties.

Pension

We have a Contributory Pension Scheme in place for all eligible employees.

Death in Service

In the event of an employees’ death, Family Fostercare will pay the nominated beneficiary a sum equivalent to twice the deceased employees’ annual salary. This benefit is only available to staff under the age of 65.

Employee Benefits Discount Scheme

All employees are able to access a range of employee benefits including discounts for retailers and service providers.

Learning and Development

We have a strong commitment to learning and development and reflective practice. We continually review our strengths within the Agency as well as considering any further ideas for continuous improvement.

We are keen to develop our staff to a high standard, ensuring that they have access to the knowledge and information they need to do their job well.

We have a strong learning culture of:

Staff accessing a wide range of internal and external training courses, to promote learning and development, including professional qualifications.
A comprehensive induction programme for new employees and staff changing job roles
Annual appraisals and monthly supervision reviews to assist and enable personal development, and to form individual development plans.
Team building events and quarterly team days.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

Family Fostercare has committed to becoming a Disability Confident employer. Disability Confident is HM Government's initiative set up to encourage employers to employ disabled people and reduce the percentage of disabled people that are able to work but unemployed.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we have committed to:

ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
communicating and promoting vacancies
offering an interview to disabled people
anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

We support employees with monthly supervisions with line managers and continued support from other managers, encouraging individuals to pursue learning and career development opportunities.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

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If you have the skills, attitude, and experience to be successful in this role, we want to hear from you. Please submit an up-to-date CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Location Yorkshire and Cumbria

You will have a relevant professional qualification in social work, together with valid SWE registration. You will also have experience of undertaking assessments of potential foster carers. A good knowledge of the fostering regulations, childcare law and safeguarding issues is essential. You will be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.

You will need to be flexible and have the capability to use your initiative and work under pressure to ensure deadlines are met and to enable the smooth running of the service.

In return Family Fostercare will offer you training, guidance, a dedicated Panel and Assessment Manager, and an administrator who will collate all reference and checks so you can concentrate on the assessment. Family Fostercare will continue to operate a blended approach to completing Fostering Assessments of face to face and virtual visits.

Fee per assessment: £1800 plus £200 for early completion, 0.45p per mile.

Required education

Social Worker qualification

Required experience

Social Work: 2 years

Required licences or certifications

Driving Licence (preferred)
Social Work England (SWE) registration (required)

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all independants to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

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Family Fostercare in East Yorkshire, based out of Beverley, are looking to recruit an experienced full-time Fostering Admin to provide administrative support to the fostering teams and Family Fostercare in its prime duties of delivering foster care recruitment, approval and support within the Regulatory regime. This will include typing and clerical support, implementation, maintenance and update of systems and records, co-ordination of and minute taking during official meetings, data entry, reception and telephone duties.

This is a fast-paced role and you will need to be IT proficient with a good knowledge of Microsoft office – especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint and have exceptional written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail in order manage confidential and complex admin duties. You will need to be flexible, resilient and able to work under pressure to meet targets and achieve deadlines.

As Fostering Admin your main duties will include:

To support the Registered Manager in all aspects of quality assurance
To undertake health and safety checks as required by legislation on behalf of the Registered Manager
To be the office based first aider/fire marshall and undertake update training as required
Maintain petty cash systems in line with the finance policy
Ensure foster carer allowance procedures are followed
Replenish stationery as required
Use of the company database system
Covering other regional offices by long arm support to ensure effective delivery of work throughout the agency
Induction and training of new staff

As Fostering Admin you must:

hold a minimum of 5 GCSEs, or equivalent, including minimum C Grade in English and Mathematics
be able to evidence achievement in Microsoft office applications and/or keyboard skills
have administrative experience gained through recent, relevant employment
have a working knowledge of relevant children’s services and fostering legislation and regulations
be willing to work flexibly and be able to work on occasion outside of normal office hours

Please download and carefully read the Job Description for a full list of requirements for this role.

Family Fostercare is proud of our accreditation as an Investor in People, and by joining Family Fostercare candidates will benefit from working as part of a close-knit, friendly team who share a commitment to delivering warm, caring and sensitive support with a strong family-feel to looked after children, foster carers and their families.

Closing date for applications: 15th March 2018.

If you wish to apply, please submit applications as early as possible as we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the published closing date due to having a sufficient amount of applications.

To apply please email CV and letter of application to Belinda Cashman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call on 01482 870400 for an informal discussion or more information about the position.

Supervising Social Worker, Worcester

Family Fostercare West Midlands, based in Worcester, are looking to recruit an experienced full-time Supervising Social Worker. The purpose of the role is to contribute to the operational delivery of an effective Fostering Service that positively promotes the Every Child Matters outcomes for looked after children.

You will be responsible for fostering supervising social work provision including managing own caseload whilst managing the reputation of the Agency and complying with national and service procedures and guidance

As a Supervising Social Worker your main duties will include:

To ensure compliance in relation to all fostering agency tasks associated with the post including: foster carer assessment, approval, and training: promptly dealing with safeguarding issues, complaints, allegations or concerns; being involved in placement planning and foster carer reviews.

As a Supervising Social Worker you must:

have an MA Social Worker, DipSW, CQSW or other equivalent social work qualification
be registered as a social worker with the HCPC
have a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience in children’s social care or equivalent voluntary/charity sector
be eligible to work in the UK
be a car driver

As a Supervising Social Worker you will benefit from:

Career development opportunities
Working within an established team with vision

Download the full Job Description

Closing Date: 5.00 pm 21st June 2019

Interview Date: TBC

To discuss the position or if you would like to apply please contact Sharon Batchelor via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Form F Assessors

Family Fostercare is recruiting self-employed assessors to undertake Form F or Fostering Network Skills to Foster assessments to complete applications for potential foster carers.

We currently need assessors in the West Midlands / Worcestershire region and in Yorkshire.

If you are a HCPC registered social worker with a transportable DBS and have at least 3 years post qualification experience of undertaking assessment work, have relevant insurances and your own transport, we would wish to hear from you.

We offer competitive fees on a per-assessment basis, as well as travelling expenses.

How Do I Apply?

If you’d like to apply to become a Form F Assessor with us, please email Martin Rae at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.