Supervising Social Worker

Supervising Social Worker focuses on the founder members recognised that looked after children – especially those who’d had very difficult starts in life – needed specialist support.

What the role involves

• The founder members recognised that looked after children – especially those who’d had very difficult starts in life – needed specialist support.
• So right from the beginning they put the child at the centre of their thinking and surrounded them with an integrated range of support services.
• Over time, this circle of support has increased to include a whole range of professionals that children and foster parents can tap into, whenever they need to.
• Manage even the most challenging situations.
• 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.

Skills and requirements

• ISP Enfield is currently seeking a qualified and experienced Social Worker or Senior Social Worker who is enthusiastic, committed and has an appreciation of the role of the foster.
• We ask our Social Workers to take a collaborative approach with foster parents in order to promote meaningful and relevant supervision of placements.
• 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.
• Be an excellent report writer and able to work to strict deadlines.

Additional role context

• Set up in by a small but passionate group of foster parents, we became the UK's first independent foster care agency.
• In fact, that's what ISP means: Integrated Service Programme.