Senior/Supervising Social Worker in Chirk

Foster Care Associates (The FCA) is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Full Time Supervising Social Worker to join our inspirational and friendly team to develop and promote the fostering services in Cymru North. Our office is based in Abergele and we support the hybrid model of working with lots of flexibility to work from home.

Benefits:

• Company Car or £2,000 Car Allowance
• 30 days' annual leave, rising to 35 days after length of service + bank holidays
• Company Pension Scheme
• Free on-site Parking
• Life Assurance
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Medical Cash Plan

We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff. The aim of our Staff Wellbeing Strategy is to increase all our employees' wellbeing, self-esteem, and sense of belonging to a team and create new environments for them to spend productive time together. This includes walk and talks at the beach or in parks, wellbeing hour, park runs, mindfulness sessions, sea dipping, yoga sessions, raft racing and charity events to name a few. Our office environment is friendly and inviting with tea, coffee, breakfast and lunch items always available for our staff to contribute towards their wellbeing.

Robust induction, supportive management team, monthly reflective supervision with line manager and regular learning and reflective opportunities with the social work team.

Duties Will Include:

• Support Foster Parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care
• Support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of Foster Parents, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people
• Ensure that Foster Parents fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures
• Provide and record regular supervision to allocated Foster Parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards
• Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family, e.g., respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined
• Ensure each child and Foster Parent are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation
• Attend meetings and/or provide reports for commissioning teams to address individual packages of care
• Promote participation of children/young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community
• Participate in an 'out of hours' support service on a rota basis
• Participate in day 'duty system' on a rota basis supporting referrals team
• Undertake occasional initial home visits and Form F assessments

You Must Have:

• A Social Work qualification
• Professional registration with Social Work Wales or equivalent
• Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing
• A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures
• The willingness and ability to travel extensively, including occasional nights away
• Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations
• Full driving licence

For more information about this post, please contact Anna Pearson, Fostering Service Manager. We would love to hear from you to join our amazing friendly team, so to be considered, please apply and we will be in touch. No agencies please.

Foster Care Associates is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the Disability Confident Employer by the Jobcentre Plus. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.