Overview
Supervising Social Worker - Fostering at Valley ComputerWorks
Base Location: Battle, Sussex
Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent on experience
Contract: Full Time 35 hours per week
Benefits: £3,000 Car Allowance, 30 days' Annual Leave (increasing to 35 days with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance x2, Employee Discount Scheme & Medical Cash Plan
About Us
Set up in 1987 by a small but passionate group of foster parents, we became the UK's first independent foster care agency. That gives us the benefit of over 30 years' of fostering experience and we're still going strong!
The founder members recognised that looked after children - especially those who'd had very difficult starts in life - needed specialist support. From the beginning they put the child at the centre of their thinking and surrounded them with an integrated range of support services. ISP stands for Integrated Service Programme.
Over time, this circle of support has increased to include professionals that children and foster parents can tap into, including social workers, fostering advisers, teachers and therapists, who work with our foster parents and the children they look after, helping them understand and manage even the most challenging situations. This is a therapeutic approach to fostering.
Requirements
ISP Sussex is currently seeking a qualified and experienced Social Worker or Senior Social Worker who is enthusiastic, committed and understands the role of the foster parent and their skills. We expect our Social Workers to take a collaborative approach with foster parents to promote meaningful supervision of placements. Experience of working with foster parents as professional colleagues and working within a multi-disciplinary arena is essential, as is holding a full driving licence and having unrestricted access to your own car.
This is a demanding position which includes both a quality assurance role to maintain high standards and a training role to prospective and current foster parents. You will be an excellent report writer and able to work to strict deadlines.
Responsibilities
* Direct support of foster parents within a realistic caseload which enables a high level of supervision
* Provide regular supervision to allocated foster parents, enabling and monitoring their practice and ensuring their compliance with regulatory standards
* To work in partnership with children, young people and foster parents and other professionals, local authorities and stakeholders, enabling full participation in assessment, planning, review and decision making relating to safeguarding and child protection
The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS Check, cost of which will be met by ISP.
ISP is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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