Foster Care Associates
- Recruiter
- CORE ASSESTS
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 22 Jun 2018
- Closes
- 08 Jul 2018
- Ref
- 225483989
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING A POSITIVE AND LASTING DIFFERENCE TO LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE?
ARE YOU AN ENTHUSIASTIC SOCIAL WORKER LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE?
Foster Care Associates are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Supervising Social Worker to join their fostering team in the North Western region. This is office based, working with foster carers in the Liverpool area and is open to newly qualified or experienced supervising social workers.
It’s also an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills within fostering and be part of a highly supportive environment where the focus is on delivering high quality support to carers and working together to make a positive and last difference to children and young people.
If you are a knowledgeable and experienced social worker with excellent organisational skills, are able to meet deadlines, have excellent communications skills and the ability to analyse situations accurately as well as a passion for fostering then this is the ideal role for you.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Support foster carers and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
- Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster Carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
- Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected.
- Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster carers in line with FCA’s Operational Standards.
- Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family e.g. respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child’s network.
- Ensure each child and foster carer are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation.
- Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care.
- Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community.
YOU MUST HAVE:
- A Social Work qualification
- Professional registration with the HCPC/equivalent
- Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing
- A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures
- Full driving licence
This is a full time, permanent position and comes with an attractive salary starting at £27,500 - £31,000 per annum dependant on experience + car + excellent benefits which include a generous holiday allowance, private medical care and pension scheme.
The closing date for this post is 8th July 2018 with interviews taking place week commencing 16th July
Foster Care Associates is committed to equality in the workplace and is an Equal Opportunities employer. We have also been awarded Double Tick status by the Jobcentre plus. We reserve the right to withdraw this advert without notification. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
Please note that on clicking “apply” you will receive a return email asking you to fill out our application form online, and it is a requirement for this to be completed before we can progress your application.