Supervising Social Worker - Bromley, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Personnel

Sanctuary Personnel
Sanctuary Personnel
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Bromley, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Sanctuary Personnel, 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 Caretech based in South London.

The salary for this permanent Supervising Social Worker job is up to £38,580per annum.


Main duties:


  • Monthly supervising social worker visits to the Foster Carer, ensuring that the supervision is recorded, and reports are completed within 5 working days with copies sent to the child's social worker and Foster Carer as applicable.
  • Weekly telephone support to Foster Carers, with recording completed within 24 hours and noting all matters on files.
  • Regular telephone updates and communication with the relevant external professionals, recording and noting all matters on files.
  • To support the Out of Hours service by partaking in the rota for covering this service.
  • To partake in the daytoday rota at the office to ensure that carers and external professionals receive a good quality service.
  • To cover referrals and ensure that placements are made in a timely and professional manner.
  • To work with colleagues on the appropriate placement and/or movement of children with Foster Carers.
  • To work with colleagues on the placement arrangements for young people moving on, as agreed with the Local Authority social workers or in line with the care plan.
  • To take part in foster care recruitment and marketing activity.
  • To attend the organisation's fostering panel, ensuring that all assessments and reviews have been appropriately completed.
  • To deliver training and facilitate monthly Support Group Meeting's to and with Foster Carers.
  • To prepare and support carers and children when attending court.
  • To attend and record court case conferences, planning meetings and reviews as the professional representative of the agency.
  • To ensure management is proactively updates on all matters relating to practice, compliance and outcomes.
  • To participate in regular supervision sessions and annual appraisals.
  • To manage the mentoring and therapeutic service for the young person and ensure that the service runs smoothly and efficiently.
  • To update the database to reflect all current practice matters on the foster carers and young persons.

Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker:

  • 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.

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With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary 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 throughoutthe process and into your work placement.
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