Supervising Social Worker

Caring for someone else's child in your own home takes a special kind of person. But no matter what their skills and experience, all our Foster Carers rely on support and guidance from our Supervising Social Workers, Support Workers and Managers. The post-holder will be primarily responsible for assessing and supporting foster care services in their designated region. Small caseloads, local to your home and the office ensures you are able to give quality time to support Foster Carers deliver therapeutically informed care. The development of the service involves recruitment, training and approval of foster carers. Using the Secure Base Model, you will work closely with Therapeutic services to enable young people to recover from previous trauma and go on to lead fulfilling lives. We will support you with your personal and professional development, offering a wide range of training and learning opportunities for you to develop your skills as an effective Social Care Practitioner. At Family Care, we all become part of the family. The young people in our care really benefit from a stable team, each of whom are properly supported by management to make a difference and effect real change. The post will be based at the Dunston office although some working from home will be permitted with prior approval from the Registered Manager / Practice Manager. Flexible working hours are essential. We require a commitment to some weekend work and unsocial hours to support foster carers, foster carer training, and children and young people. The post-holder will join a rota of social workers who provide the first response on an 'out of hours' basis (supported by a manager on call) and will involve being on duty overnight and at weekends. You:

• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence
• Social Worker Qualified
• Hold Registration with Social Care England
• An enhanced DBS certificate will be required upon appointment
  
  Family Care is a family owned Independent Fostering Agency and are looking to recruit on a part time base ( 3 days / week) an experienced Fostering Supervising Social Worker, covering the Midlands.
  
  Great work-life balance
• Extensive training and career progression
• Access to Paycare and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory Pension
• Long Service Rewards
• Car allowance
• On call bonus
Family Care is committed to safeguarding and always promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects the post holder to share this commitment. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we select the suitable candidates. All offers of employment are subject to safeguarding checks, both an Enhanced DBS check and comprehensive references will be carried out. We are permitted to ask whether an applicant has any convictions, cautions or reprimands or final warnings (spent or otherwise) under the current guidance, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order 1975. Please note that disclosure of a criminal background will not debar you from employment.