Liquid Personnel is recruiting an enthusiastic Senior / Supervising Social Worker to join the passionate team of an ‘Outstanding’ rated Independent Fostering Agency for its client who is based in Nottingham. This unique organisation is one of the UK’s only IFAs specialising in cultural and faith‑based fostering placements, supporting children and young people with specific religious or cultural needs to be matched with foster carers who share their values and identity. The role offers flexible full‑time or part‑time working, with responsibility for managing a caseload of foster carers primarily across the West Midlands, alongside occasional travel to areas such as the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Blackburn. The position also offers an attractive benefits package, including a company car or £2,000 car allowance and 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will:
- Support and supervise foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care.
- Monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing, and learning environment.
- Work with foster parents to ensure they fully understand the fostering task, competencies, and expected standards, including internal policies and procedures.
- Provide and record regular supervision to foster parents in line with operational standards.
- Work in partnership with local authorities and other professionals to support children, young people, and foster parents, contributing to all relevant meetings.
- Ensure each child and foster parent is fully compliant in respect of all key documentation.
- 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 a day 'duty system' on a rota basis supporting the referrals team.
Benefits:
The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Company Car or £2,000 Car Allowance
- 30 days' Annual Leave (rising to 35 days with length of service) + Bank Holidays
- Life Assurance
- Employee Discount Scheme & Medical Cash Plan
Qualifications and Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have:
- A Social Work qualification.
- Professional registration with Social Work England or equivalent.
- A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures.
- Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with young people and adults.
- Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing.
- Ability to work in partnership with placing authorities.
- Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes stressful/difficult situations.
- The willingness and ability to travel extensively (including occasional nights away).
- A full driving licence.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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