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1006 Senior Supervising Social Worker - Fostering & Adoption, Surrey
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Key Facts
Job Location: Surrey
Sector: Fostering and Adoption
Salary: Up to £38,000 + benefits & annual bonus
Job Type: Perm
Essential Experience and Qualifications: DipSW, CQSW or equivalent qualification as recognised by the GSCC. NVQ 3 in management.
Job Description
To provide a temporary substitute family placement service for children in local authority care who for various reasons are unable to be with their birth families.
Undertake the supervision of a group of staff, as agreed with the Service Manager and or/ management.
Undertake and supervise Form F assessments and their presentation to panels.
Undertake recruitment and selection of foster carers, as agreed with the Service Manager and/ or Management.
Provide management functions, as agreed with the Service Manager and/ or Management.
Coordinate responses to child protection issues, complaints and allegations, to ensure these matters are dealt with promptly, professionally and in accordance with procedures.
Provide out-of-hours support on a rota basis.
To support a small case load (maximum of 10 approved foster carers) to ensure that they are equipped to care effectively for children and young people being looked after through the organisation.
To conduct training for foster carers to enable them to develop knowledge and skills to effectively meet the demands of fostering.
To attend meetings, reviews, court and training sessions in order to provide support to foster carers and give relevant information and feedback.
To write reports and keep records as appropriate and perform all administrative duties as are necessary for the effective performance of this role.
To have special responsibility for; Household Reviews, family finding, supervision of supervising social workers including trainee social workers & students and administrative staff. To perform on-call duties.
To undertake appropriate supervision and appraisal.
To effectively promote carers without children to secure placements.
To ensure, through discussion, participation and by positive example, that the organisation maintains high standards of child care, and provide the best possible service to all its users.
To contribute to the overall childcare strategy of the organisation and to assist in maintaining the highest possible standards.
To deputise for the fostering manager in their absence and or as required.