Senior/Supervising Social Worker

Senior/Supervising Social Worker focuses on supporting foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.

What the role involves

• Supporting foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
• Monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
• Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in th.
• Record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA’s Operational Standards.
• Ensure each child and foster parent is fully compliant in respect of all key documentation.
• Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care.

Skills and requirements

• A Social Work qualification.
• Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent.
• Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing.
• A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures.