Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Supervising Social Worker

Location: East Midlands Family Placement Project
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 22.2
Salary: £28,631.00 - £38,163.00 (FTE) £17,178.60 - £22,897.80 (Pro Rata) plus £312 Office at Home Allowance
Closing Date: 11 September 2022

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Barnardo's Midlands Fostering Families is looking for a part time supervising social worker to join our service in the east of the region. The successful applicant will undertake foster carer assessments, supervision, and continuous professional development of carers. They will be committed to providing the best possible support to carers and a be a good team player within a supportive team.

The applicant must have:

• A valid social work qualification
• Children and families experience or relevant fostering experience
• Excellent presentation, organisation, time - management, written and communication skills.
• Clear thinking and good assessment ability 
• Ability to motivate, support and champion good practice
• Work effectively with colleagues, foster carers and other stakeholders

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.

Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address. 

Flexibility
Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

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 candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Full details and application documents here