About the role
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Supervising Social Worker to join its client’s established and highly regarded Independent Fostering Service in the West Midlands area on a 1-year fixed-term, part-time contract.
This opportunity is with an outstanding Ofsted-rated Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) known for its long, proven history of supporting Looked after Children and Young People to achieve fantastic outcomes within a creative staff team environment.
As a Supervising Social Worker, you will manage a realistic caseload, allowing you to focus on providing guidance, training, and support to foster carers and the children/young people in their care, ensuring high standards of service delivery.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will:
- Provide regular supervision to allocated foster parents, enabling and monitoring their practice and ensuring their compliance with regulatory standards.
- Be involved in the recruitment, training, and ongoing supervision of Foster Parents.
- Work in partnership with children, young people, and foster parents, as well as local authorities and stakeholders, regarding safeguarding and child protection matters.
- Promote the welfare of children placed within the service across the West Midlands area.
Qualifications & Experience
To be successful in this role you must have:
- Social Work England registration and a qualification in Social Work at degree level or equivalent.
- Previous experience as a supervising social worker or working with foster parents/family placement work.
- A sound and comprehensive working knowledge of all relevant fostering legislation, child care law, safeguarding issues, and related publications.
- A full driving licence and unrestricted access to your own vehicle.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits
The position offers a competitive pro-rated benefits package, including:
- £3,000 car allowance
- 30 days Annual Leave (rising to 35 days with length of service) + Bank Holidays
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Employee Discount Scheme
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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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