Supervising Social Worker

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising  Social Worker to work full time for an IFA, working from home, based near Greater Manchester.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £36,000

Main Duties:

• To supervise foster carers
• Ensure that all agreements appertaining to the placement are completed and adhered to
• Participate in the recruitment and training of foster carers where required
• To ensure that Credo Care staff and carers are working within the requirements of the Fostering Regulations 2011 and the National Minimum Standards for Fostering Services 2011
• Maintain records of placements, i.e. case recording, placement agreements, assessment reports, carer reviews, carer supervision and child progress reports
• Attend and participate in childcare reviews, case conferences and other meetings as appropriate
• Liaise with the managers regarding referrals, matching considerations and meetings and carry out negotiations between Credo Care and placing authorities with respect to the placement of children
• Undertake initial home visit to prospective foster carers
• Take part in the emergency ‘Out of Hours’ service
• To be a member of the Credo Care Fostering Panel where needed
• To chair social work meetings in the absence of the Regional Manager
• Attend social work meetings on a regular basis to share information regarding children in placement
• Support the Regional Managers and Director of Care in leading practice and work quality improvements
• Assist with the training of foster carers as required
• Ensure that the child’s care plan is carries out in accordance with the requirements of the placing authority and in consultation with the child’s social worker, foster carers, parents as necessary
• Undertaking training as and when required

Requirements of this job:

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

Contact:

This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from social workers, senior social worker, advanced practitioners, senior practitioners, team managers, and service managers.

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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.

Global Healthcare Jobs 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.