Supervising Social Worker, £42ph, Fostering Team, Surrey
Pertemps are recruiting for qualified and experienced Social Workers to join the Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team. The postholder will 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 the 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.
Key duties/ accountabilities:
- Take professional responsibility as directed for managing a caseload which will include
- individuals, children, families and carers who require support and guidance. Enable them to identify their needs and plan support to meet those needs using the full range of options, seeking advice and support where appropriate.
- Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision making.
- Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.
- Provide information, advice and guidance in line with current national legislation and to
- recognise the need for, and appropriately signpost to other agencies, services or providers.
- Understand the forms of harm and their impact on people and be able to identify safeguarding concerns.
- Where relevant and with support undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding.
- Share and present professional knowledge and expertise with colleagues within the team.
- When appropriate provide professional reflective supervision to staff who are not professionally qualified.
- Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up to date case work records on the database as required by Surrey County Council.
Requirements:
- SWE registration
- Experience in different areas of social work assessment
- Ability to identify the impact of power and work to develop anti-oppressive and ant discriminatory 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.
If this sounds like the role for you, please contact Aishah Hassan on
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This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn't the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC Children's Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager