Join our Bromsgrove Team as part of the Midlands Fostering Service as a Senior Practitioner (supervising social worker) who has good experience working in the fostering environment. You will work with an experienced team in a culture that embraces and confidently manages change.
This Northamptonshire or surrounding area-based position will support our foster families within our expanding service in the Home Counties, offering a work-from-home contract. Occasional travel to our Bromsgrove office will be required.
The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with some work completed from home, face-to-face meetings with foster carers across the service. You would join a thriving and growing community of foster carers and a team of staff with a strong, welcoming, and child-centred ethos.
Five Rivers works from a Trauma-informed (ATIC) model, integrating our fostering, residential, clinical, and education services to achieve the best possible outcomes for young people. Teams are supported by a psychologist and education service. This, alongside manageable workloads, means social workers have the time and resources they need to provide high-quality support to their foster families.
To find out more about our fostering service https://five-rivers.org/fostering/
You will directly support our foster carers within the Home Counties with realistic caseloads which enables a higher level of supervision, support, monitoring, and intervention.
As a Senior Practitioner, you will be working within a trauma-informed practice model that is continually evolving; you will support recruitment events and planning, Children & Young people’s participation; out-of-hours duty service, where you will support our foster carers on a rota basis and complete Form F Assessments.
A Senior Practitioner needs to be a team player and want to achieve the best possible outcome for all our foster carers and children. You will need to be registered with Social Work England and have a formal social work qualification.
The role also requires you to have access to a car for completing visits and the right to work in the UK.
The Agency will invest in your professional development by offering a variety of training opportunities, supporting your Social Work England registration.
Hours
Our full-time hours are 37 hours per week, Monday to Thursday 9:00 am -5:00 pm and Fridays 9:00 am – 4:30 pm. The role is full-time over five days per week.
Why Five Rivers?
* 25 days plus 8 bank holidays annual leave allowance
* £4500 Car Allowance (on top of the annual salary)
* On-going training and learning through our Learning & Development Team
* Simply Health Medical Cash Back Scheme
* Ongoing training and support from in-house and external trainers
* Employee Support Programmes
* Enhanced company pension scheme (4% employer contribution) Refer a friend bonus scheme
* Refer a foster carer recommendation bonus
* Long service and recognition scheme
Requirements
* Good written and IT skills.
* Able to communicate with children, colleagues, and external customers.
* Able to actively listen to others.
* Formal Social Work Qualification
* Valid Driving Licence
* Have the Right to Work in the UK
If you have experience working within Fostering or have the passion to make a difference, we would love to hear from you!
Please do not delay in applying. Apply directly and fill out an application form or call the recruitment team on 01722 435750 (option 2) for more information.
Five Rivers is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection screening, including employment references and a DBS check.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
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