PERMANENT role for a Social Worker- Fostering & Kinship in south West London.
Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.
Social Worker SALARY: £39,264 (SCP28) - £42,840 (SCP32) per annum
TYPE: PERMANENT
TEAM: Social Worker - Fostering & Kinship
HOURS: Full time (Monday to Friday)
ROLE: this is an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to work in an expanding Independent Fostering Agency. Your role will be to work with colleagues to provide the full range of fostering services, including recruitment, assessment, training and supervision / support, duty services, supervising regulation 24 arrangements, as well as Form F, Form C and Special Guardianship Assessment. You will undertake a range of tasks to safely place and work to achieve permanency plans for children. Within the team we also complete initial family assessments aka viability assessments. There will be opportunities to be involved in the development/engagement of carer training, support groups, duty and out of hours support. Achieving for Children work within the framework of signs of safety and we place a strong emphasis on signs of belonging, as well as peer group supervision sessions.
ABOUT YOU
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Knowledge and experience in working with current legislation and regulations especially fostering regulations and national minimum standards.
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Experience in completing thorough assessments, ideally Form F/C & special guardianship assessments.
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Experiencing in supporting foster carers through regular supervision visits, tracking of training engagement and supporting overall placement stability
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Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and working with a range of professionals, especially foster carers.
Social Worker Requirements
- CSW/CQSW/DipSW/BA/MA in Social Work and/or completion of ASYE or 2 years experience
- Current Social Work England registration
- Eligibility to work in the UK without work permit or visa restrictions
- Commitment to the safe care and well-being of vulnerable people
If you are interested in this position please apply online or call us on (phone number removed)
Supply Care Solutions have a number of locum jobs across the UK. All locums must be contract compliant before commencing work through our agency. We are recruiting professionals across all specialisms and grade. We offer an excellent referral bonus for any new worker you refer to us Terms and conditions apply. Supply Care Solutions works in conjunction with Monitor/TDA rate caps