We are delighted to share this job opportunity for FFP member, Break. Fostering Supervising Social Worker Location: Norwich (covering Norfolk) Salary: £18,105 to £19,010 per annum Contract Type: Permanent / Part Time Closing Date: Sunday 5 September 2021 Fostering Supervising Social Worker – Therapeutic Fostering Service – Norfolk 22 hours per week (Job Reference Number: FS3623) We currently have an amazing opportunity available for a Fostering Supervising Social Worker to join our Therapeutic Fostering Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a caring and calm approach to help support and supervise the Foster Carers within our Fostering Team. This is a unique opportunity to join our established not for profit Fostering Service which provides therapeutic placements for young people as well as parent and child placements. All candidates should hold a valid driving licence and have regular access to a vehicle for work purposes. The role will be expected to routinely attend the main office in Norwich on a regular basis whilst covering key locations in Norfolk. Qualifications
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For more information on this vacancy, please visit: break-charity.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2298795?cid=1886 For the eagle-eyed among you, you may have noticed that our brand is looking quite different to the pink and purple we’ve been sporting for the last 22 years. Over the last couple of years we have been doing lots of work on who we are as an organisation, what we aspire to be and mean to people and what we’re continuing to work towards. Basically, we were ‘coming of age’ and now we are grown! We’re really excited to be revealing a completely fresh look and a brand new website too. We believe it takes a community to raise a child and that every young person has the right to a bright future. We want to do things a little bit differently in fostering and be brave enough to challenge the status quo when we don’t agree. We didn’t feel like our old brand truly portrayed those beliefs, so we set off on a voyage and have now arrived at a more grown up, modern and positive kind of place. We worked, largely, off this model where children and young people are at the centre and we provide a stable platform, along with foster families, to give them their best chance at a bright future. Our motif was designed directly from this premise and it also acts as a play on the faces from our old logo. This design also pulls together our two strands of work - Community Foster Care and Community Family Care.
There are hundreds of Independent Fostering Agencies in the UK and only a handful of these are registered as not for profit charities. We wanted to stand out from the crowd, as we believe profit should never be put above children, and we really feel that this brand work will help us succeed in that. Every action Community Foster Care takes is with the best interests of children and young people in care at heart. We hope that with this exciting new brand, we will succeed in attracting more fantastic foster carers to join us on our journey, to provide more stable, loving and understanding homes for children and young people within the areas we operate. Our vision is a world where all children and young people grow up in families rich in the essential ingredients required for them to realise their ambitions and dreams - if you would like to be a part of that, then please do get in touch. Source: www.communityfostercare.co.uk Circa: £34,000 Location: London, City of London Department/Division: EDD03 Contract Type: Permanent Full Time Closing Date: 4 August 2021 Number of Roles: 1 The role
Action for Children Fostering South East, is one service, based on two sites. Our London office is in central London (WC2B 5DG). We also have a Kent service based in Ramsgate. We have foster carers in various and widespread areas of London and Kent. We are not a large service, but we are long established, and have committed, skilled and experienced foster carers who are able to provide stable, nurturing family homes for children and young people who for various reasons aren't able to be cared for in their birth families. Our children, young people and carers are supported and by a very experienced and skilled staff team. One of the strengths that our foster carers often comment on is that our service has a ‘family' feel to it. We are looking for an outstanding Fostering Social Worker who can support placements in the London and surrounding area, so flexibility to travel across this cluster as and when needed is imperative for this role. You will also have the opportunity to assess applicants to foster. During Covid times, we support agile / homeworking with the expectation to progress back into our office base in WC2B 5DG, when we can, with continued flexibility and a mix of home, office and travel to meet children and carers where they are. You will make a difference by:
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The way we work We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here. Rewards We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here. For safe and happy childhoods At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK. For any further questions about this role, please contact Lynsey.Munro@actionforchildren.org.uk in our recruitment team. It's vital for our services to be able to recruit and support adopters / Foster carers from a diverse range of backgrounds to reflect the children who need families. We therefore actively seek to replicate that diversity in our staff, and we positively welcome the wide breadth of experience, knowledge and understanding that this will bring to our services. Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. Full details and application documents here Location: Barnardo's Scotland Fostering Edinburgh Contract type: Permanent Hours: 37 Salary: £28,632 - £37,414 Closing Date: 13 August 2021 Interview Date: 25th August This post offers the opportunity to join a committed and enthusiastic team of professional social workers and to develop knowledge and skills in the specialist area of family placement within a very supportive setting.
In this role, you will have the remit to ensure quality of placements provided by foster carers, providing support, supervision and training as appropriate. You will have the opportunity to work alongside referring social workers to identify and support foster carers, to provide family based care to children and young people and ensure that care experienced children have positive outcomes. Solid experience in fieldwork, residential or in a family placement setting is an essential part of the role, so if you have this then we would love to hear from you.
This is an extremely rewarding role, which can make a real and significant difference to the lives of children and young people. Our Edinburgh office is looking for a committed social care professional with a sound knowledge of fostering legislation and practice issues who will be able to continue to deliver the same high standards of service. You will be involved in the recruitment, training and supervision of Foster Carers within the Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife and Scottish Borders areas. As a qualified and registered social worker, you will have experience of family placement work and preferably experience of foster care practice, including the assessment of potential foster carers. A good knowledge of fostering regulations, child care law and safeguarding issues is essential. You will have excellent communication skills and a commitment to high quality practice. The role of Family Placement Social Worker is an exciting and a stimulating one that involves providing intensive support to foster carers and their families to enable them to provide the very best quality of care to the vulnerable children they care for. Working in accordance with the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011 and the Fostering Services National Minimum Standards 2011, you will provide monthly Supervision to a manageable caseload of foster carers, undertake additional planned and unannounced visits to children in placement, formulate training and development plans for carers, and forge effective working relationships with the local authorities responsible for children. You will have excellent recording and report writing skills and will be IT competent. You will be a team player, a good communicator and a skilled and self-motivated professional, with the ability to work flexibly. As well as managing your caseload, you will be part of a duty rota to support the running of the service, both within and outside of normal office hours. This role involves some out of hours working on our helpline to foster families. There is also an expectation that you will be involved in delivering training to prospective and existing foster carers. You will have a good understanding of the needs of care experienced children and of the challenges that these bring for foster carers, as well as transferrable assessment skills, but you need not have direct experience within the fostering sector. You will have a strong commitment to promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing of children, but you will also have an appreciation of the demands that come with working for a high quality independent fostering service in an increasingly competitive environment. Over the past year, our workers have all been working from home, however we are working towards a blended working approach which will likely be a mix of home and office based working. When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. About Barnardo's At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role. Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's. Full details and application documents here Location: West Bromwich (remote working possible) Contract Type: Fixed Term Closing Date: 03 August 2021 Salary: £24,000 per annum pro-rata Specific Hours: Part time, 20 hours per week This role is part of a one year online safety in fostering project. The successful candidate will support and empower young people to develop online safety in fostering policy and procedures that meet their diverse needs – including safeguarding – reflective of their lived experiences.
About Us Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future. St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people and we are proud of our history for providing fostering, children's homes and a range of innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home. We are an equal opportunity employer and keen to develop an inclusive workforce were people feel they belong. We hope to attract application from under- represented groups including people from different cultures, nationalities, socio economic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religion, faith, sex, orientation, child care responsibilities and with gender diverse identities. About the Role As Project Officer, you will be expected to build trusting, positive relationships with young people to enable them to feel confident to express their wishes and feelings whilst also safeguarding them and promoting their welfare. You will identify with young people what they need to develop online safety in fostering policy and procedures that meet their diverse needs. You will liaise with the Head of Fostering and grant funders to complete regular progress reports to a high professional standard using mixed media. You will be expected to work in a participative way and share reflective practice with our Participation lead. You will encourage young people to fully participate in society by developing links with the community, expanding their social network, with consideration of how this applies to an online context within foster care. Applicants should have
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Recruitment Process At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements. Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting. Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. For the full Job Description and Person Specification click here. For more information or assistance during the application process, please contact recruitment@stchris.org.uk Closing date: 03/08/2021 We advise to apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. St Christopher’s Fellowship has a minimum age requirement of 21 for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and semi-independent Homes. Full details and application documents here Job Location: Gloucester Salary: £28,318.50 - £36,540 Hours: Full Time Closing date: 30th July 2021 Our Vision
A world where all children and young people grow up in families rich in the essential ingredients required for them to realise their ambitions and dreams. Our Mission To create environments, enrich families and harness communities that enable Children and Young People to overcome adversity and abuse, by creating an enduring sense of belonging. By doing this and by working together, we will have the courage to overcome barriers, through tenacity and creativity we will release their potential. Role Summary A Supervising Social Worker at Community Foster Care will be driven to promote the Child or Young Person’s Ambitions or Dreams. They will do this by recruiting, enabling and enhancing foster families to provide safe, stable, loving, nurturing family homes. Children and Young People seeking to live within these families will have often experienced significant trauma and abuse. Enabling Children and Young people to thrive in our foster families will therefore require a number of special ingredients, which you will need to develop and nurture. Key drivers of considerations As a Supervising Social Worker you will at all times:
Key requirements of which you should be aware Supervising Social Workers may often be required to work outside of office hours. This may be to:
Full details and application documents here Location: Bristol, Somerset, South Glos. Salary: Up to £37,290 Per Annum Pro Rata + £1,500 Out of Hours Allowance p.a.+ £750 Home Working Allowance p.a. pro rata Hours: 21 Hours Per Week (Mon - Weds) Closing Date: 26/07/2021 Interview Date: 03/09/21 Are you are a registered social worker, looking for an innovative and forward-thinking organisation where your skills will be appreciated and developed, where new ideas are welcomed and you have a caseload that provides for a good worklife balance? This is an excellent opportunity for you to fulfil those requirements in a highly rewarding role with the UKs largest non-profit making fostering charity.
TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This includes unique projects like TACT Connect, our support network for our care leavers and our expanding TACT Education Service. We are growing, with over 500 dedicated TACT carers, looking after 600+ children and young people throughout England, Wales and Scotland, we demand the best services and resources for our carers, children and young people and we seek like-minded, dedicated, creative and caring individuals to join our high achieving team of staff. TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
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Applicants for this Senior Supervising Social Worker role must be based within a reasonable travelling distance of Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and Somerset. Please see full details of the role, duties and benefits package in the Job Information Pack and Job Description and more information about TACT on our website at www.tactcare.org.uk. Safeguarding is paramount at TACT therefore we use rigorous and consistent recruitment procedures to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our employees are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding, equalities and diversity focused policies and procedures at all times. Deadline for applications is Midnight on Monday 26th July 2021 Interviews will take place on Tuesday 3rd August 2021 via Microsoft Teams Full details and application documents here We are looking for qualified and registered Independent Social Workers to conduct Form F assessments in Kent, Essex, Surrey and South London regions. Ideally Social Workers who have experience of conducting Form F assessments and have experience of the children’s social care sector. You will need to write to a good standard and have excellent interpersonal skills, along with a knowledge of relevant legislative frameworks. We require our Form F’s to be conducted within a timescale of 12 weeks and offer a mid-way supervision and further ad-hoc supervision and support when required. We offer £2K for a completed assessment and mileage at 45ppm. For an informal chat please contact Kasper’s Registered Manager Rebecca Askew on 01227 275 985 OR contact Amy Ansell on amyansell@kasperfostering.org for an application pack. Full details and application details here Location: Cambridgeshire Salary: £30,450 to £31,973 per annum Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time Closing Date: Sunday 25 July 2021 Full or Part Time Hours Considered We currently have an amazing opportunity available for a Fostering Supervising Social Worker to join our Therapeutic Fostering Service.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a caring and calm approach to help support and supervise the Foster Carers within our Fostering Team. This is a unique opportunity to join our established not for profit Fostering Service which provides therapeutic placements for young people as well as parent and child placements. All candidates should hold a valid driving licence and have regular access to a vehicle for work purposes. Whilst we are currently working in an agile way, the role will be expected to attend the main office in Norwich on a regular basis whilst covering key locations in: Norwich, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Qualifications The ideal candidate should be a HCPC registered social worker. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and supportive employer and recognise that working in care, although incredibly rewarding, is not without its challenges. Therefore, we want you to feel appreciated for the life changing work you are doing. You will receive comprehensive training, company pension scheme, have excellent career progression opportunities, and be working in a warm and welcoming work environment – amongst many other things. Essential Information
The first interview which will be a Safe Care/ Warner style interview, will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams. If successful after the first interview, candidates will then attend a formal interview, also to be held virtually. Full details and application documents here £27,569 – £29,018 per annum (£34,461 – £36,272 FTE) (dependent on experience) (30 hours per week) (+ 45p a mile travel, ‘out of hours’ payment, 32 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays) and 10% employer contribution pension scheme We are seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic SSW for our friendly team, working primarily from home.
There will be involvement in recruiting, assessing, supervising and supporting Foster Carers to support us in maintaining our quality fostering service for looked after children. The role involves recruitment of foster carers, travel to the homes of our foster carers as required (which will sometimes involve travelling long distances and will include travel to Manchester and Liverpool), leading occasional projects, running and delivering training and support groups, and taking part in an ‘out of hours’ duty system (approximately 3/4 times a year). Applicants need to be able to take a flexible approach to working, have proven fostering experience (demonstrating significant experience of working within Children’s Services) and be able to demonstrate outstanding people, report writing, organisation and recording skills. Applicants must hold a Diploma or BA in Social Work (or equivalent Social Work qualification) and are required to be registered with Social Work England and Social Care Wales. To allow our Social Workers to provide a thorough, personal and meaningful service to our fostering families, FCC believe that caseloads need to be manageable. We are a ‘not for profit, value-based organisation’, putting the needs of our children and carers first and are looking to appoint a Social Worker who is as passionate about this as we are. If you would like further information about our unique/ethically-minded organisation, or to discuss this role further, please contact Steve Field – Director of Child Care, or Barbara Bull – Head of HR/Deputy CEO, on 01684 892380. Closing Date: Tuesday 20th July 2021 Full details and application documents here |
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