Supervising Social Worker

Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
Location: Warwickshire
Pay Rate: £31 Per Hour

Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting a Supervising Social Worker based in Warwickshire.

About job:

An Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) in Warwickshire is recruiting for a Supervising Social Worker (SSW) to join their service. This role involves supervising foster carers, addressing safeguarding concerns raised by children's social workers, and offering both emotional and practical support to foster families. Additionally, SSWs are instrumental in recruiting and assessing new foster carers, as well as delivering training before children are placed in care. If you're drawn to a role that combines support, safeguarding, and development, this could be a rewarding career path to explore.

What will your responsibilities be?

Maintaining Communication Supervising social workers ensure consistent communication among foster families, social workers, and the foster children. They conduct regular home visits, make phone calls, and keep all parties informed throughout the placement.
Arranging Support Services They coordinate additional support for children, such as therapy or learning assistance, whenever necessary.
Day-to-Day Assistance Supporting foster carers with meetings, report writing, and record-keeping is integral to their role. They also monitor each child's progress in their placement and conduct required statutory visits.
Facilitating Birth Family Connections Supervising social workers help manage and maintain contact between children and their birth families when appropriate, and support foster carers in handling the emotions tied to these interactions.
Identifying Training Opportunities They assess foster carers' needs for further training, guiding them to enhance their skills, achieve personal goals, and meet high standards of care.Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have Social Work England registration, be eligible to work in the UK, hold a qualification in Social Work at degree level, and have post-qualified experience.

Why Liquid Personnel?

Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll and 'Faster Pay' service, getting you paid more quickly
Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies
Free access to Liquid's exclusive social work training and CPD portal
Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
"Refer a Friend" bonus - get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
"Find your own job" bonus - get £250 for bringing your own position to us *Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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