Job description

Charles Hunter Associates are currently recruiting for a Qualified Supervising Social Worker to join a Fostering Team on a Locum basis.

ONLY APPLY IF YOU ARE A QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKER, REGISTERED WITH SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND

About the team

Within this team you will be responsible for all aspects of recruitment, assessment, support and supervision to approved foster carers, connected carers and private foster carers.

Social workers working in this service will be committed to establishing trusting relationships with their carers during the assessment stage, building on this post approval and supporting them during their first placements when they are at their most vulnerable.

About you

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, proactive professional with a strong working knowledge of Children's legislation and specific experience in Fostering and Fostering Assessments. A degree within Social Work (Degree/DipSW/CQSW) is essential along with a minimum of three years' experience working in a Children's Services setting.

What's on offer?