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 with Synergy Fostering.
The salary for this Supervising Social Worker job is up to £43,000 per annum.
Main duties:
- To prepare reports and present them in person to Fostering Panel, in keeping with legislation and Synergy Policies and Procedures.
- To problem-solve issues and advise and support carers in finding solutions to problems they experience in working with young people during placements.
- To participate in, and undertake actions within, Synergy Fostering child protection and safeguarding procedures and complaints procedures, ensuring any safeguarding concerns are addressed straight away, the Registered Manager is informed immediately and the relevant agencies notified.
- To observe safe working practices for oneself, colleagues and carers and to adhere to Company Policies regarding Health and Safety.
- Ensure carers have a comprehensive understanding of the Agency’s policies and procedures.
- To undertake out of hours support to foster carers and placement services on a rota basis with other fostering staff.
- To undertake placement agreement and review agreement meetings and to ensure these occur for all children in placement and that where support services are provided to a child, that these are of a professional standard and in keeping with Synergy values, Policies and practices.
- To undertake development and training in keeping with the role of a Supervising Social Worker within Synergy Fostering.
- Ensure carers are keeping daily records of the child placed in their care and to read, digitally sign weekly records on CHARMS.
- Inform/liaise with child’s social worker with regard to progress of placement and foster carers views.
- During supervision sessions ascertain the views and feelings of the child/young person in relation to the placement and their relationship with the carer and their family.
Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:
- A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Have a good understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; 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.
