Senior Social Worker

CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD

Job Location:

Birmingham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

3 Month Contract With A Local Authority

Role Purpose

The Senior Social Worker (SSW) within the Fostering Team is responsible for supporting supervising and developing foster carers to ensure high-quality safe and stable placements for children in care. The role involves ensuring foster carers effectively implement childrens care plans promoting positive outcomes and ensuring the voice of the child is central to all practice.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Provide regular supervision and support to approved foster carers on a 612 weekly basis in line with fostering regulations and service standards.
Offer professional guidance to foster carers in managing complex placements and meeting childrens emotional behavioural and developmental needs.
Support foster carers to understand and implement childrens care plans placement plans and delegated authority arrangements.
Identify training development and support needs of foster carers and contribute to their ongoing professional development.

Undertake visits to children in foster placements to ensure care plans are being implemented and placements remain safe and appropriate.
Capture and represent the voice wishes and feelings of the child ensuring their views inform care planning and decision-making.
Monitor childrens welfare and progress escalating concerns and safeguarding issues in line with statutory procedures.

Attend and actively contribute to Children in Care Reviews fostering reviews and relevant multi-agency meetings.
Prepare high-quality written reports for reviews meetings and panels ensuring accuracy analysis and child-focused recommendations.
Work collaboratively with childrens social workers IROs education health and other partner agencies.

Participate in the team duty rota responding to placement issues foster carer queries and unplanned events as required.
Support less experienced staff where appropriate contributing to reflective practice and team development.
Maintain accurate and timely case records in line with statutory requirements and organisational policies.

Work flexibly from home attending the office at least twice per week for team meetings supervision and service activities.
Ensure practice aligns with relevant legislation statutory guidance fostering regulations and local policies.
Uphold professional social work standards values and ethics at all times.

Requirements

Degree in Social Work (or equivalent)
Registration with Social Work England
Significant post-qualifying experience ideally within fostering or childrens services
Strong knowledge of fostering regulations childcare legislation and safeguarding practice
Excellent assessment report-writing and communication skills
Ability to work independently and within a multi-disciplinary team

3 Month Contract With A Local AuthorityRole PurposeThe Senior Social Worker (SSW) within the Fostering Team is responsible for supporting supervising and developing foster carers to ensure high-quality safe and stable placements for children in care. The role involves ensuring foster carers effectiv...

3 Month Contract With A Local Authority

Role Purpose

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Provide regular supervision and support to approved foster carers on a 612 weekly basis in line with fostering regulations and service standards.
Offer professional guidance to foster carers in managing complex placements and meeting childrens emotional behavioural and developmental needs.
Support foster carers to understand and implement childrens care plans placement plans and delegated authority arrangements.
Identify training development and support needs of foster carers and contribute to their ongoing professional development.

Undertake visits to children in foster placements to ensure care plans are being implemented and placements remain safe and appropriate.
Capture and represent the voice wishes and feelings of the child ensuring their views inform care planning and decision-making.
Monitor childrens welfare and progress escalating concerns and safeguarding issues in line with statutory procedures.

Attend and actively contribute to Children in Care Reviews fostering reviews and relevant multi-agency meetings.
Prepare high-quality written reports for reviews meetings and panels ensuring accuracy analysis and child-focused recommendations.
Work collaboratively with childrens social workers IROs education health and other partner agencies.

Participate in the team duty rota responding to placement issues foster carer queries and unplanned events as required.
Support less experienced staff where appropriate contributing to reflective practice and team development.
Maintain accurate and timely case records in line with statutory requirements and organisational policies.

Work flexibly from home attending the office at least twice per week for team meetings supervision and service activities.
Ensure practice aligns with relevant legislation statutory guidance fostering regulations and local policies.
Uphold professional social work standards values and ethics at all times.

Requirements

Degree in Social Work (or equivalent)
Registration with Social Work England
Significant post-qualifying experience ideally within fostering or childrens services
Strong knowledge of fostering regulations childcare legislation and safeguarding practice
Excellent assessment report-writing and communication skills
Ability to work independently and within a multi-disciplinary team