QSW - Supervising Social Worker
Job Title: QSW - Supervising Social Worker
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: London
Industry: Permanent Qualified Social Work
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Start Date: asap
Duration: permanent
REF: JJ - 08/01/2025
Contact Name: Jude Jones
Contact Email: judej@4recruitmentservices.com
Job Published: 3 days ago
Supervising Social Worker – IFA in East London
Location: IG1 2QY
Responsibilities:
1. Recruit, assess, and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster carers ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing, and learning environment for children/young people.
2. Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved, and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the Agency’s Fostering policies and procedures.
3. Support Foster carers to evidence their competence against the Training Standards and complete the workbook within specified timescales, assess evidence provided, and sign off each standard where sufficient evidence has been provided.
4. Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster carers in line with the agency’s operational standards and undertake additional support visits/telephone contact with foster carers as required, taking into account all family members' needs.
5. Contribute to Foster Carer Annual Reviews, within required timescales, providing written evidence of competence, and presenting Annual Review Reports to Review Fostering Panel as required.
6. Ensure that all carers have an accurate and up-to-date Foster Care Agreement that meets regulatory requirements.
7. Identify learning and development needs of foster carers, record in a development plan, and recommend actions required.
8. Undertake initial visits and Carer assessments as part of your caseload as required by the business.
For more information, please contact Jude at judej@4recruitmentservices.com, 0208 911 1077.
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