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Supervising Social Worker
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,360 to £47,320 per year |
| Additional salary information: | + Office at Home Allowance £312 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2024 |
| Location: | Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 18556 |
Summary
Barnardo's Scotland Fostering North have a fantastic opportunity for a Supervising Social worker to join our busy team on a Full Time (37 hours) permanent basis.
Location: The successful candidate will be home based, however some travel will be required across the Moray, Highland and Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire areas. Please also note that some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide. The Service has an office base in Aberdeen.
As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers, therapists, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority.
Some of the key responsibilities are:
Work alongside others in providing supervision, support and advice to carers being able to demonstrate initiative whilst also being part of a team
Ensure that Children & Young Peoples welfare remains paramount and central in all aspects of the service.
Ensure the voice of children/young people and carers are represented in the service through engaging in and where appropriate lead in the delivery of participation and consultation activities.
Deliver relevant training to Barnardo's cohort of foster carers and adopters to the relevant standards on both a group and individual basis and provide feedback to enable training materials to be updated to remain relevant and effective.
Be flexible to respond to the needs of young people, carers and colleagues.
Ideal Candidate's must haves:
Demonstrate both excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of Fostering assessments or similar.
Have a good understanding of the legislation and National Standards we work within.
Relevant Social Work Qualification such as DipSW, CSS, CQSW
Valid Social Work Registration with SSSC.
Demonstrable and applied knowledge of child protection procedures.
Previous post qualifying experience in childcare setting settings and/or pre- qualifying work experience in Family Placement
Hold a full UK driving licence with access to their own vehicle.
Location: The successful candidate will be home based, however some travel will be required across the Moray, Highland and Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire areas. Please also note that some meetings and training occur Scotland Wide. The Service has an office base in Aberdeen.
As a Supervising Social Worker, you will work within a team of supervising social workers, children's workers, therapists, managers, and admin staff responsible for the recruitment and support of foster carers who provide care to looked after children and young people who are referred to the service from the Local Authority.
Some of the key responsibilities are:
Work alongside others in providing supervision, support and advice to carers being able to demonstrate initiative whilst also being part of a team
Ensure that Children & Young Peoples welfare remains paramount and central in all aspects of the service.
Ensure the voice of children/young people and carers are represented in the service through engaging in and where appropriate lead in the delivery of participation and consultation activities.
Deliver relevant training to Barnardo's cohort of foster carers and adopters to the relevant standards on both a group and individual basis and provide feedback to enable training materials to be updated to remain relevant and effective.
Be flexible to respond to the needs of young people, carers and colleagues.
Ideal Candidate's must haves:
Demonstrate both excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of Fostering assessments or similar.
Have a good understanding of the legislation and National Standards we work within.
Relevant Social Work Qualification such as DipSW, CSS, CQSW
Valid Social Work Registration with SSSC.
Demonstrable and applied knowledge of child protection procedures.
Previous post qualifying experience in childcare setting settings and/or pre- qualifying work experience in Family Placement
Hold a full UK driving licence with access to their own vehicle.
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