Member Job Opportunity: Community Foster Care - Supervising Social Worker / Senior Supervising Social Worker

Location: Lancaster
Pay scale: £30,846 - £39,483 dependent on experience + c.£2.5k Out of Hours per annum. 
Hours: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: 14th April 2023

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Car user essential

You: We are looking for an energetic, creative and courageous qualified Social Worker, who can demonstrate a tenacity and enthusiasm in making a positive difference to the lives of children who we look after.  We are looking for a passionate person to support our foster carers in the North West of England to provide loving stable homes to children and young people who have experienced trauma.  We are a small team and positive relationships are valued. Therefore, it is essential that the post holder is able to work effectively with others with a flexible and adaptable approach – always demonstrating their commitment to working to the highest possible standards whilst remaining at all times child centred.

Community Foster Care: Community Foster Care is a small Children’s Charity operating as a Therapeutic Independent Fostering Agency, as well as providing other Children’s Services.  All of our practice is trauma informed and critical reflection is entrenched in all areas of the work.  All our staff must actively engage in our therapeutic reflective discussions, which require a willingness to think about themselves, their values, work relationships and personal impact on and of the work.    We are passionately committed to our values and to enabling children and young people to thrive, be ambitious and to dream. Working for Community Foster Care means you are too.

The post holder will be based in our Lancaster office, however, they will be required to support carers across the north west and work closely with our colleagues in Cumbria. A driving licence and access to a car is essential. You will also be required to participate in an Out of Hours Duty rota.  

Applicants must demonstrate:

• that they share our values as these are integral to the day to day work of our Charity
• a comprehensive working knowledge of fostering and child care legislation and safeguarding practices
• ability to engage in critical reflective discussion across areas of their work

The role will require the post holder to be involved in the recruitment, assessment, training and support of foster carers.  You will be required to support the children we look after to ensure that they are provided with the highest possible standard of care and the best opportunities to achieve all their ambitions.   The safeguarding of children is paramount, this post will require the successful applicants to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What you get by working for Community Foster Care

• Become an integral part of the Community Foster Care Charity Community
• Work for a Charity driven by its beliefs and values, which reinvests any surplus back into work with Children and Young People
• A working culture that promotes innovation and creativity
• A competitive pension scheme with matched employer contributions up to 5%
•  A flexible working culture, that enables children’s needs to be met, but also provides you flexibility that you need for modern living
• A Charity that has available a range of diverse professional interventions to enable children to recover from trauma and live within loving stable families.  Our resources include:

            - Clinical Therapist.
            - Family Support Workers.

• A Charity with a firm commitment to anti oppressive practice, underpinned by an understanding and promotion of equality and diversity
• Commitment to personal development
• Excellent Terms and Conditions

An informal discussion about the role with registered manager, Emma Weaver is required before making an application.  Emma can be contacted on 01524 489388 or [email protected]

Following this discussion  completed  application forms should be sent via email to [email protected] by the 14th April 2023

Job share is an option

Full details and application documents here