Supervising Social Worker, Fostering

Supervising Social Worker, Fostering
Devon
Rate: up to £44 per hour
 
We are recruiting for motivated qualified social workers to join our busy team. This role is with one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving as one of the best places to live and work in.
 
You must be SWE registered and have experience working in children’s services, specifically Fostering.
 
As someone who knows what good foster care looks like, you will be responsible for ensuring high quality and timely assessments to provide high quality carers for our most vulnerable children in Devon.  You will be working in a fast paced and supportive environment.

Supervising Social worker responsibilities include:

• Foster carer supervisions and ongoing support to carers.
• Completion of high-quality carer annual reviews.
• Unannounced visits to foster carers.
• Attendance at meetings as required (eg. child in care reviews, risk assessment meetings etc).
• Presenting to fostering panel as required.
• Facilitating foster carer support groups.
• Close work with childcare teams and other professionals to ensure safety and wellbeing of children

About you:

• You’ll be passionate about improving children’s life chances. 
• As an experienced qualified social worker with energy and enthusiasm, you will be able to demonstrate success in the managing of complex situations. 
• You will be committed to reflective practice and know how to energise, motivate and challenge practitioners. 
• You will have an ability to work to deadlines in a fast paced and supportive environment.
• We are looking for people who are strong in partnership working, think creatively and are ready to try new things.
• Knowledge of Eclipse computer system is an advantage – strong IT skills a must.
• Full-clean license and access to a car – ability to travel as required.
• Qualified social worker with up to date professional registration

 This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
 

• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more

 
Please contact Joe Thomas-Samuels on 07860876427 or joe.thomas-samuels@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.