Supervising Social Worker – Family Placement Service
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Supervising Social Worker within the Family Placement Service to work full time based in Guernsey.
The salary for this Supervising Social Worker job is up to £63,990 per annum.
* Carry out high-quality assessments of applicants to each service area using the relevant assessment framework within agreed timescales.
* Carry out annual reviews of a range of providers for whom they hold allocated responsibility using the relevant review framework within agreed timescales. To present assessments, reviews and other reports to the relevant Panel as required.
* Prepare reports for the court regarding adoption applications, other Court reports and reports for the Child Youth & Community Tribunal as requested and to attend court and tribunal as and when required.
* Ensure that providers meet the required standards which underpin high-quality care of children and young people, placement stability and good outcomes for children and young people through regular supervisory visits as per standards and to provide high-quality support and supervision to providers as required.
* Maintain sound theoretical knowledge and skill base regarding fostering and adoption together with knowledge and understand of the needs of children in care including children who have experienced trauma and children who are separated from their family of origin.
* Attend and, where appropriate, chair a range of meetings pertinent to each service as identified by the Senior Social Worker or Deputy Team Manager.
* Participate in the permanency planning, process, family finding and matching process as allocated by the Team Manager, liaising with colleagues, foster carers, prospective adopters and professionals within other agencies.
* Work cooperatively with carers, prospective adopters, birth family members, colleagues and other agencies ensuring the child is central to any process.
* Participate in the out of hours Emergency Duty Social Work rota and on a Family Placement Service duty rota as required. There is an expectation that some evening work is required as part of the responsibilities of this post.
* Undertake any other duties as may be determined by the Head of Service, Children & Family Community Services, from time to time.
Requirements of this Supervising Social Worker:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Supervising Social Worker job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
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 throughout the process and into your work placement.
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