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Form of workSupervising Social Worker - Fostering
About the role
Northamptonshire's Children's Trust's Fostering Team have vacancies for Supervising Social Worker positions.
Whilst still being a part of the Children's Trust we are also a stand-alone Independent Fostering Agency so we are very special.
Our Team provides support and supervision to our approved foster carers. We have amazing Public Health Funding currently helping to support our carers, children and to upskill ourselves in wonderful training opportunities.
We also run the Duty system working with the Placements Team whereby children are placed with foster carers.
We have a number of specialist schemes including Family Link carers for our children with disabilities, Resilience carers for our young people stepping down from residential, Parent and Child carers for parent and babies as well as our other mainstream carers to support.
We have a third of our carers who are kinship connected carers.
Do you have experience in any of the above or knowledge of fostering or want to expand your knowledge base? Are you able to show creativity and initiative to support our carers in looking after our most vulnerable children and young people?
Then please get in touch with us.
What will you be doing?
The role is responsible for providing practical and social work support for children and families. This will include undertaking assessments, visiting children and their families, carrying out interventions, reviewing the work undertaken, direct work with children and families and any other work identified as necessary. All this must be based on best evidence and good practice, privileging the best interests of children.
About you
- You will be a registered Social Worker who can demonstrate experience and interest in meeting the needs of the children placed in foster care.
- You will be able to work closely with other colleagues within the Fostering Service and our children's service to support positive results.
- You will provide support and supervision to our foster carers and adhere to the National Minimum Standards and Fostering Regulations.
- You will invest in the life of the team and develop working relationships respecting others' strengths, celebrating difference and seeking solutions.
Our benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 2 Day Induction Programme
- 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues)
- Recruitment Welcome Bonus £4,000
- Relocation Costs up to £8,000
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- Employee Discount Scheme
- 28 days' annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years' service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly quality supervision
- SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
About us
Northamptonshire Children's Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children's Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
We regret that we are not accepting any overseas applications at this time.
