Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Support Team - Permanent
| Posting date: | 24 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Location: | Southend-on-sea, SS1 9SB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0033-25-0019 |
Summary
To provide a supportive and efficient service to children, young people, their families and fostering families ensuring that the needs of children and their parents and carers are professionally assessed. To investigate, evaluate and analyse information on cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidence in conclusions and realistic action plans. To develop practice which takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in their immediate and extended social circles and having full regard to their overall development needs. To ensure that all casework and foster care services comply with statutory requirements, fostering regulations/Nat minimum standards and the Councils policies and procedures. To ensure that investigations, enquiries and assessments are completed to high professional standards within agreed timescales. To use ICT as required to maintain adequate case recording as directed in the service procedures. To ensure that all case management complies with statutory requirements and the Councils policies and procedures.