Senior Supervising Social Worker

Job summary

As a Senior Supervising Social Worker, your primary responsibility is to manage a caseload of approved and registered foster carers. This involves providing dedicated support through regular visits, video conferencing, and telephone calls. Additionally, you will play a key role in the assessment process, conducting initial assessments for potential foster carers and presenting these assessments to the Fostering Panel.

Actively contributing to the recruitment, selection, and training of prospective foster carers, ensuring they are well-equipped for their role, you will be committed to maintaining high professional standards for the service. As a leader within the team, you will providesupervision to other Social Workers, embedding an environment of continuous development.

The role extends beyond the immediate team, requiring you to establish effective communications channels with internal and external colleagues to support effective practice. Additionally, ensuring the safeguardingof children and prioritising their welfare in all activities is a fundamental responsibility, including recording, investigating, and acting upon critical incidents and allegations.

Main duties of the job

As a qualified Social Worker currently registered with Social Work England, you will have a strong background in fostering and social work practice, evidencing a comprehensive understanding of the relevant legislations and regulations. Demonstrating your expertise in conducting initial assessments for potential foster carers, you will have experience of ensuring a robust and compliant evaluation process.

Providing expertise in handling legal proceedings, you will be able to provide examples where you have ensured the effective safeguarding of children, prioritising their welfare. Displaying leadership qualities with a proven track record in effectively managing a caseload of approved and registered foster carers, you will be able evidence experience of providing professional supervision to other Social Workers, fostering reflective practice.

For more information relating to the skills and experience required to be evidenced in your application, please refer to the Job Description.

About us

At Hillingdon were proud of our commitment of Putting our residents first, ensuring theyre at the heart of everything we do! We want to attract talented individuals like yourself who share our aspirations for the borough and can support us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.

With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improve the lives of all our residents, businesses, and partners. Embarking on a journey of continuous improvement, weve set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities.

Working at Londons second largest borough can be tough, particularly with government reforms, budget restrictions, and political attention but its enough to keep us busy and ensures no two days are the same!

Embark on a rewarding career in Children Social Care with us, where excellence is not just a goal but a proven standard. We are proud to announce that our Children's Services have recently received an outstanding rating from OFSTED, a testament to our unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care and support for children and families.

This is a permanent part time (24 hours) position.