Supervising Social Worker – Fostering Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, 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 in Devon, Torbay, South Hams, Teignbridge & Somerset.

The salary for this permanent Advanced Practitioner job is up to £35,600per annum.

Main duties:

• Assess and prepare prospective foster carers to fully understand the processes involved.
• Identify when prospective foster carers are not suitable for the agency.
• Support those applicants with drawing from the process or not suitable for the agency.
• Check all related documentation on behalf of TFF.
• Completing personal references, ex partners checks and other references that may be required.
• Attend fostering panel to present report and answer any questions whilst supporting applicants to attend panel.
• Preparing high quality form F reports for panel which are well evidenced and offer sound social worker analysis.
• Be available for pre-planned QA sessions with TFF Team Managers.
• Undertake Health & Safety checks and pet assessments.
• Support applicants to complete personal profiles and “All about our family” books.
• Agree and work within timelines of the agency and meet those deadlines.
• Work in an open and honest manner that offers feedback to prospective foster carers regarding their progress to their assessments, including any difficulties.
• Adhering to all TFF policies and standards of confidentiality.
• Working transparently alongside other TFF staff such as Business Support Officers.
• Supervising and supporting approved foster carers.
• Progressing well matched placements with foster carers with vacancies.
• Attending and contributing to all meetings pertaining to all children placed.
• Writing annual reviews.
• Progressing all allegations and complaints made about the carers in a timely manner.
• Being part of an “on call” day and “out of hours” duty rota system.
• Proficient in using an electronic data base system.
• Responding promptly to any incidents or accidents involving children in care.
• Engaging with TFF Marketing and Recruitment Officers as necessary.

Requirements of the Advanced Practitioner:

• CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work of equivalent professional qualification.
• Management qualification at least at Level 4.
• At least 1 years’ experience of supervising professional staff.
• Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation.
• Ability to travel independently to all required areas by the job’s responsibilities.

Contact:
This Advanced Practitioner 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.