Supervising Social Worker - West & South Scotland

Supervising Social Worker

West & South Scotland

Full Time (37 hours) plus rotational out of hours on-call support

£42,017 p/a (plus £4,200 car allowance)

Permanent

About the role

We have a brilliant opportunity to join our team as a Supervising Social Worker. As a supervising social worker, you are the key link for our foster carers with local authorities, and will ensure quality of care for children and young people; identifying positive matches providing support, supervision and development opportunities for foster carers as appropriate. Your role is not only working with our foster carers as you will also link in with children and young people – checking in with them regularly to ensure their view and wishes are being heard and they are supported to achieve positive outcomes and are happy, safe and feel loved.

As a service we continue to grow and your role will also allow for supporting potential foster carer applicants; building relationships with them as they progress from pre-approval training through their assessment as foster carers.

A typical week

Our team are located across Scotland, and this role will support a caseload of around 12 of our amazing fostering families who are located in the West (and South) Scotland. While most of your time will be spent working remotely, at times there will be travel to our office base in Falkirk for team and other meetings – all with advance notice and planning.

Our carers consistently share that they value the relationships they have with the staff team, particularly their supervising social worker. The flexibility of working with Care Visions Fostering ensures that our team are able to provide excellent support to our fostering families, while managing your own diary. Our full-time team members generally work their hours Monday to Friday during core office hours. We provide out of hours on call telephone support (incl. weekends) and our SSWs support this on an 8-weekly rota basis (along with a manager) with an additional daily payment in respect of this.

Who we are looking for:

We would love to meet someone who is a proactive team player with excellent communication skills and the ability to work flexibly, and independently. You must have a good working knowledge of child protection procedures, legislation, and regulations in relation to looked after children and fostering. A good working knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing children, their birth parents and foster carers is key, as well as excellent report writing and assessment skills. Experience of assessing prospective foster carers would be advantageous.

• Degree in Social Work or relevant qualification in the field, such as DipSW, CQSW. (essential)
• Registered with the Social Services Council, or other British equivalent along with PVG scheme membership
• Solid experience in fieldwork, residential or in a family placement setting
• A full driving license and use of car (travel will be required).

Our benefits include:

• Protected case load of typically 12 fostering families
• 27 days annual leave plus 9 public holidays
• Access to a range of employee benefits including:
• Health and wellbeing – health shield, employee assistance and wellbeing portal
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light card eligibility, and more
• Excellent opportunities for professional development and opportunity to be part of transformational change

About Us

Since 2006, Care Visions Fostering has been supporting young people across Scotland to improve their daily lives, development and opportunities after care. We work close to home, operating as a close-knit team. With therapeutic, trauma informed approaches integral, we provide a range of therapeutic supports for all our fostering families, along with our education support to link positively with schools and empower staff and carers to advocate positively in respect of each child or young person.

This is an extremely rewarding role, where you could make a real and significant difference to the lives of children and young people when they need it while working as part of an amazing and committed team of staff and carers.

Keen to hear more?

Learn more and hear about the role of Supervising Social Worker at carevisionfostering.co.uk

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Sarah McEnhill, Head of Fostering, for an informal chat about the role on 01324 464 200

How to apply

Please submit a CV along with a personal statement (careers@carevisions.co.uk)

• Your CV should include relevant qualifications and skills along with full employment history.
• Your personal statement should outline what makes you suitable for this post and why the post interests you. Ensure you address each point of the person specification (in the Job Description), giving details and examples of how your knowledge, experience, skills, abilities and achievements meet each of the specified areas.

Closing date is 10am on Monday 2nd September 2024

Interviews: Successful applicants will be invited to interview on Tuesday 10th September 2024 in our Falkirk office.