Top Job Recruitment is currently looking for an experienced social worker to work in a successful team as a Supervising Social Worker.

Our client is a well-established Children’s service provider which has residential homes and fostering services all over the UK.

A competitive salary is up for grabs of between 32-38k depending on experience. The role is mainly office based in Felsted. The successful candidate will share the client’s commitment to making a positive and long-lasting difference in a child’s life.

Job Role-

• Supervising foster carers in carrying out our client’s ethos.
• Communicating with Social Workers and other professionals about any safeguarding issues.
• Providing emotional and practical support to foster carers.
• Keeping in touch with foster families, social workers, and foster children to make sure everything is as it should be, and all parties are happy throughout.
• Supporting the children and foster families with contact with birth parents and families. This may mean arranging contact between the children and birth parents to maintain contact.
• Arranging necessary appointments for the young people such as therapy or learning support and liaising with the foster families regarding this.
• Report writing and keeping records of the young person’s progression and monitoring how they are getting on in each placement.
• Making visits to the foster families and the young people to check everything is running smoothly and there are no issues that need to be resolved.
• Identifying any training opportunities that will help foster carers provide an outstanding placement for the young children.

Benefits include:

• Competitive Salary, up to £38k pa
• Contributory pension scheme
• Perkbox
• Employee Assistance programme
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and an additional day for your birthday!
• Variety of opportunities for career development.

If this position is something you feel like you’d thrive in please apply now!