Supervising Social Worker - Children's - Reed : Job Details

Our Client, Bolton Council, is seeking a Children’s Supervising Social Worker to join their Fostering Team.

Hybrid working available!

Fantastic payrate of £37 per hour!

Are you an Childrens Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• To provide ongoing supervision and support to foster carers to ensure that their care of Children Looked After is of the highest quality, and to assist in their development as carers.
• To undertake annual reviews and other reviews as required to evaluate and monitor the care of looked after children provided by carers, to identify matching considerations and their developmental and training needs.
• To complete assessments and assist with the recruitment of new potential foster carers using the appropriate assessment format and in accordance with Bolton Councils timescales.
• To help provide preparation and ongoing training to carers to assist them in developing their skills to offer high quality care to Children Looked After.
• To ensure that information is included in the Department’s electronic records as required and to complete the appropriate documents required in providing the service.
• To communicate with and work closely with other Children’s Services staff and other agencies to assist in the overall purpose of supporting carers to attain the highest quality of care for Children Looked After.

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in social work, social work degree or equivalent)
• Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience working as a Qualified social worker

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!

To provide ongoing supervision and support to foster carers to ensure that their care of Children Looked After is of the highest quality, and to assist in their development as carers.

To undertake annual reviews and other reviews as required to evaluate and monitor the care of looked after children provided by carers, to identify matching considerations and their developmental and training needs.

To complete assessments and assist with the recruitment of new potential foster carers using the appropriate assessment format and in accordance with Bolton Councils timescales.

To help provide preparation and ongoing training to carers to assist them in developing their skills to offer high quality care to Children Looked After.

To ensure that information is included in the Department’s electronic records as required and to complete the appropriate documents required in providing the service.

To communicate with and work closely with other Children’s Services staff and other agencies to assist in the overall purpose of supporting carers to attain the highest quality of care for Children Looked After.