Supervising Children Social Worker

Reference: REQ7145

Salary: *GBP*42,839 - *GBP*46,142 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*62,918.92

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Are you committed to providing high quality and aspirational Fostering Services for Leicester City’s children who are Looked After?

The Supervision and Support Team work with Mainstream and Kinship Foster Carers to ensure they are supported, supervised and trained to care for vulnerable children who are Looked After. Their goal is to ensure Foster Carers meet Fostering National Minimum Standards in caring for children, and ensure permanence, through permanent fostering, adoption, and Special Guardianship Orders.

You will be part of a team of ten full time and two part time Social Workers, all providing supervision and support to foster carers. The Team currently works directly with foster carers in their homes, with options to work remotely and office based at least once a week.

There are 2 permanent posts available in the Team , working Mon-Friday, 37 hours per week. One is supporting Mainstream Foster Carers and the other is supporting Kinship Foster Carers.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Supervising Social Worker in the Support and Supervision Fostering Team, you have a crucial role in ensuring high quality support and supervision of foster carers. On occasion there may be requirement to complete Special Guardianship assessments. Children who are Looked After need to be placed in safe and well supervised foster homes which meet Fostering National Minimum Standards. You’ll continue to develop and remain compliant with new and updated Regulations and Guidance.

You will be expected to ensure all cases are fully compliant with statutory regulations, policy, national minimum standards, and Service Standards whilst maintaining appropriate administrative systems.

You’ll participate in the development of foster carers through regular supervision. You will be making sure carers receive appropriate advice, guidance, and training. Where necessary, you will offer challenge and opportunities for foster carers to learn and improve. You will be part of the fostering support duty rota during office hours to answer queries and support needs to approved foster carers when colleagues are not available.

Working with a range of colleagues as part of the team around each child you will also attending a range of meetings as required that progress the plan for children and families, for example LAC Review Meetings, Placement Support Meetings, and local authority designated officer (LADO) Meetings. You will engage in statutory safeguarding procedures, to ensure safe and effective care.

What You’ll Need

As a Level 3 qualified Social Workers and registered with Social Work England you will have significant experience of working with children looked after, and an appreciation of the complexities this brings. This experience will be underpinned by research and evidence, including trauma informed practice. With experience of forming and maintaining constructive working relationships with colleagues both within and outside of the Department, with experience of working with diverse groups.

You’ll have experience of prioritising and organising work, working to expected standards and clear objectives, whilst having an in-depth knowledge of the issues affecting vulnerable children who are looked after and foster carers. This is including knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, procedures and national minimum standards.

For An Informal Discussion About This Post, Please Contact

Aneeta Hulait Aneeta.Hulait@Leicester.gov.uk

Helen Padovano Helen.Padovano@leicester.gov.uk

Interviews / Assessments will be held on week commencing 20th of April