Your new role
Southend-on-Sea Council's Fostering Support Team are looking to appoint a permanent, full-time Supervising Social Worker to train, assess, supervise and support Foster Carers in their role of looking after children and young people. Ensuring that the highest professional standards and a good overall knowledge of relevant children’s and fostering legislation, regulations and practice methods are met.You will provide an efficient service to children, young people, their families and fostering families, ensuring that the needs of children and their parents and carers are professionally assessed. You will be required to investigate, evaluate and analyse information on cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidence in conclusions and realistic action plans. As well as this, you will need to develop practice which takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in their immediate and extended social circles and having full regard to their overall development needs.The team have an average of 15 cases per person.Duty will be undertaken in the office approx 3 days a month, with an on-site team meeting every other week. The post is hybrid, but you will be expected to be on site a minimum of 1 day a week.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and havepleted your ASYE.You will need to have two years experience of working with foster carers and have a working knowledge of fostering regulations and national minimum standards.You will need strongmunication skills and be able to organise yourself and others. In addition, you will need to possess a driving licence and have use of a car.
What you'll get in return
Pension:
Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Localernment Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future ie, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations.Leave Entitlements:We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave.*We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities*Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including:
1. Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership.
2. The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities.
Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge – you could be the candidate we are looking for.