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 for Caring Hearts Fostering based in Stanmore, London.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £40,000per annum.

Main duties:

• To visit the foster home regularly, see and speak to children young people in placement
• To carry out Form F assessments and present them to the fostering panel
• To keep clear records and comply with agency policy, apply the legislation and Ofsted requirements
• To plan in advance and prepare all paper work for annual foster carer reviews by carrying out all the necessary checks of the foster home in advance of a review.
• To work in partnership with local authority social workers and ensure that foster carers follow any requirements to meet the child’s welfare needs.
• Ensure that the child’s young person’s care plan is operationalised.
• To report on safeguarding issues in placements as well as notify the manager of any concerns regarding the care of foster children in placement.
• To oversee placements on their caseload and discuss progress of children in placement during supervision with the service manager
• To keep records up-to-date
• Be able to work to agency policy and procedures.
• Initiates and carries out local recruitment activities, analysing the effectiveness of methods used, in conjunction with the Carer Recruitment Officer
• Must have knowledge of the following:
• Childcare legislation and Regulations
• National Minimum Standards
• Standards in Foster Care

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker job:

• CQSW, DipSW, BA Social Work of equivalent professional qualification.
• 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 Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; 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.