Surrey - Senior Supervising Social Worker
Team - Fostering
JOB PURPOSE :
To recruit and assess foster carers and their families to provide care for Surrey’s Looked After Children.
As part of the Recruitment and Assessment Team the role will be to increase our pool of foster carers, and ensure that foster carers receive adequate and appropriate training for the tasks they fulfil.
The role holder will promote Corporate Parenting by working alongside Social Workers and other agencies to ensure children’s care plans are met.
They will ensure that children and young people are adequately protected in line with SCPC and departmental policy and procedures and relevant legislation. This will involve working within statutory responsibilities and departmental policies, including recording, report writing, file access, complaints and confidentiality. The role holder will also present Foster Carer Assessments (Form F) to Surrey’s Foster Panel.
The role holder will ensure that Looked After Children reach their full potential in respect of the five outcomes and have equal access to services.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE :
● A qualification in Social WorK / SWE Registered
● Experience in different areas of social work assessment
● Ability to identify the impact of power and work to develop anti-oppressive and antidiscriminatory practices.
● Ability to sustain appropriate relationships and manage personal and professional boundaries, particularly with foster carers.
● Hold a full valid driving licence, have use of a car, and be willing to travel round the county to meet the demands of the job