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Supervising Social Worker - North East

Employer
NonStop Consulting
Location
North East England
Salary
£35000 - £45000 per annum
Closing date
Aug 23, 2019

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Sector
Allied Health and Social Care, Social Services
Contract Type
Employee
Hours
Full Time
Organization Type
Non-Profit and Associations
Jobseeker Type
Professional

Job Details

Supervising Social Worker

An established and well regarded fostering provider is looking for an experienced Supervising Social Worker to join their North East based team.

This is a well established organisation, accompanied by supportive and friendly Management.

You can look forward to joining:

  • Outstanding Ofsted Agency (across all areas)
  • Competitive Salary Of Up To £45k Per Annum
  • Non Profit Organisation
  • Learning and Development Opportunities
  • Generous Annual Leave of 30 Days plus 8 Bank Holidays

Main Duties and Responsibilities involved:

  • Participation in foster carer recruitment campaigns
  • Screening of prospective foster carers
  • Training and preparation of prospective foster carers
  • Assess prospective foster carers
  • Support and supervise foster carers through regular visits and telephone contact, completing necessary documentation as required
  • Help to run a foster carers' support group and workshops
  • Take part in an out-of-hours 'on call' system
  • Identify, in conjunction with foster carers, their training and developmental needs
  • Attend statutory reviews, case conferences, strategy meetings, planning meetings etc. on children
  • Preparing and presenting written and verbal reports on children and foster carers
  • Liaise with local authority social workers, including providing advice on fostering and adoption matters.
  • Maintain an up to date knowledge of best practice issues and developments for looked after children and young people.
  • Promote high professional standards within every part of the service
  • Contribute Team Fostering commitment to innovation and continuous improvement, including the delivery of education specific training.
  • Contribute to own professional development by taking part in supervision, team days, training, appraisal, etc. and maintaining a record of evidence to support professional registration i.e. HCPC
  • Undertake any additional duties that their Line Manager considers appropriate for the position.

Please click below to apply or contact Amaryllis Moore at NonStop Care for further details about this role or other roles within Social Work.

Company

Our Consultants are trained to deliver an exceptional standard of recruitment services to clients across the life sciences, chemical, care, educations, technical, digital and finance industries. 

Our clients – and bottom line profits - tell us that we do a great many things very well. Complacency, however, is the last word you would associate with us. We work incredibly hard to deliver better and better results, based on stronger and stronger service delivery.  Which is why we believe the best is yet to come – for us, our clients and for the people who have what it takes to join us on the journey.

The result? We’re expanding (in the UK and across Europe and even to Boston, US) and continue to post impressive performances in all our niche sectors. 

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