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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