Senior Supervising Social Worker – Fostering Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Supervising Social Worker within the Fostering Team to work full time for Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent Senior Supervising Social Worker job is up to £49,083 per annum.

Main duties:

• As a Senior Supervising Social Worker, your primary responsibility is to manage a caseload of approved and registered foster carers.
• This will include providing dedicated support through regular visits, video conferencing, and telephone calls. Additionally, you will play a role in the assessment process, conducting initial assessments for potential foster carers and presenting these assessments to the Fostering Panel.
• Actively contributing to the recruitment, selection, and training of prospective foster carers, ensuring they are well-equipped for their role, you will be committed to maintaining high professional standards for the service. As a leader within the team, you will provide supervision to other Social Workers, embedding an environment of continuous development.
• The role extends beyond the immediate team, requiring you to establish effective communications channels with internal and external colleagues to support effective practice. Additionally, ensuring the safeguarding of children and prioritising their welfare in all activities is a fundamental responsibility, including recording, investigating, and acting upon critical incidents and allegations.
• Model and help others develop social work professionalism and effective caseload management.

Requirements of this role:

• A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Past fostering experience.

Benefits:

• Flexible Working Hours – We recognise the importance of flexibility in managing your work and personal life.
• 36 Hour Week – Enjoy a standard 36-hour workweek for all full time staff.
• Generous Holiday Entitlement – You will receive a minimum of 26 days annual leave each year, in addition to bank holidays. This entitlement increases to a maximum 37 days after 10 years of service.
• Financial Benefits – Secure your future with access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and membership to the Credit Union
• Support and Counselling Services – Access free 24-hour confidential advice and counselling as well as a legal advice service for you and your immediate family.
• Travel Support – Make your daily commute easier with our season ticket loans and free car parking. We also provide bicycle parking, lockers, and showers at the Civic Centre.

Contact:

This Senior Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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, 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.