Description Job Description & Person Specification > Torbay Fostering Service are currently looking to appoint a full time permanent Fostering Supervising Social Worker with the right skills in delivering intensive support to foster carers and their families to enable them to provide the very best nurturing environments to the vulnerable children they care for.
Working in accordance with the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 and the Fostering Services National Minimum Standards 2011 part of the role is to undertake monthly supervision visits to a manageable caseload of foster carers, undertake unannounced visit, help with training delivery training and support groups for foster carers and forge effective working relationships with children' social workers and front-line teams.
Excellent recording and report writing skills and IT are required for this role.
As a fostering Social Worker, we need a team player, a good communicator and a skilled and self-motivated professional, with the ability to work flexibly.
As well as managing a caseload, the role involves being part of a duty rota to support the running of the service.
In the fostering social worker role, a good understanding of the needs of cared for children and of the challenges that these bring for foster carers is important, as well as transferrable assessment skills, preferable with direct experience within the fostering sector.
Annual salary of £37,938 - £45,718 includes Market Supplement dependent on the level of grading.
This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check.
This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.
If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser: https://www.torbay.gov.uk/council/jobs/job-descriptions/social-worker-permanence-fostering-special-guardianship/ For an informal chat please contact Luminita Burtic on 01803208100 or ******.
Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 6th January 2025.
Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.
Skills Essential: Ability to create good working relationships with children, young people, families, colleagues and other professionals.
Demonstrate skills in working to achieve focussed outcomes.
Ability to exercise individual judgement and consult where and when appropriate.
Assessment skills including balancing risk and protective factors.
Ability to demonstrate skills in mediation, negotiation and problem solving.
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Knowledge Essential: General knowledge of the range of options available to children, young people and their families.
Knowledge of appropriate childcare legislation and how it affects children and young people.
Knowledge of current CP practice, framework for assessment and cared for children's materials.
Working knowledge of adoption, fostering services regulations and national minimum standards, policies and procedures.
Knowledge and understanding of application of an evidence base in practice.
Experience & Qualifications Essential: Social Work qualification e.g.
Dip SW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent.
Current Registration Certificate from Social Work England.
Extensive post qualifying experiences working in childcare services.
Direct work with children, young people, families and professionals.
Experience of complex assessments.
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