Senior/Supervising Social Worker

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30Job Description:ACTIVE CARE SOLUTIONS (ACS)

Role: Senior/Supervising Social Worker

Basic Salary: £27,860 – £39,704 Dependent upon experience

Benefits: Company Car or £2,000 Car Allowance, 30 days’ Annual Leave, rising to 35 day’s with length of service, + Bank Holidays, Life Assurance, Employee Discount Scheme & Medical Cash Plan.

Office Location: Midlands

Location Covering: Walsall, Birmingham, Dudley, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton and Oldbury

ABOUT US

We’re a high-quality fostering organisation, recognised as ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED, and one of the UK’s only independent fostering agency specialising in cultural and faith-based fostering placements.

That’s what we set out to do in 2012, and we’re still doing it today. Our focus is on helping children and young people with specific religious or cultural needs find foster parents who share their values and identity and can provide a safe and loving home. No other independent fostering organisation offers this specialist service, and nobody does it so well. In our most recent inspection, OFSTED rated us as ‘Outstanding’ in every area of our work

Our first office was in the West Midlands, but as out reputation and services have grown, so has our presence across the UK. We now have an office in Blackburn and also cover the East Midlands and Yorkshire with our local based team. The founding members, Mohammed Bashir, Andrew Nugent and Kasore Khan are still here with us, providing leadership and direction.

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 carers fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the ACS policies and procedures.
• Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with ACS’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 England or equivalent
• Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing
• A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures
• Ability to work in partnership with placing authorities.
• Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with young people and adults
• Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations
• The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away)
• Full driving licence

For more information about this post please contact Mohammed Bashir, Registered Manager on or Andrew Nugent, Fostering Service Manager on

To be considered, please apply and we will be in touch.

No agencies please.

Active Care Solutions is an equal opportunities employer and has been awarded the disability confident employer by the jobcentre plus. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

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Location: Oldbury, West Midlands