Senior Practitioner

My Social Work News; Remote; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a fully remote Senior Practitioner to work within the Fostering Team. The role involves assessing foster carers, ensuring they meet agency standards, and maintaining comprehensive case records. Offered salary is up to £45,000 per annum. Candidates must have a professional Social Work qualification and a sound understanding of relevant legislation.

Qualifications

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and assess the suitability of foster carers.
• Ensure foster carers understand the agency’s standards.
• Contribute to foster carer reviews and provide evidence of competence.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Knowledge of fostering practices

Communication skills

Education

Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a fully remote Senior Practitioner within the Fostering Team to work Full Time for Amber Fostering. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £45,000 per annum.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, assess, and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster carers ensuring they provide safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children/young people.
• Ensure that carers fully understand the fostering task, outcomes to be achieved, and the agency’s standards of practice expected in accordance with the legislation, guidance, and agency policies and processes.
• Ensure foster carers undertake the required training and development activity in line with agency policy to ensure they have the requisite knowledge, skills, and ability to undertake the fostering task to expected standards.
• Contribute to foster carer reviews within required timescales, providing written evidence of competence. Presenting review reports to Fostering Panel as required.
• Participate in recruitment and undertake assessment of applicants.
• Attend meetings to support foster carers, children and young people (all professional meetings relevant to any above parties).
• Ensure each child had an accurate and up to date Care Plan on file and that carers have a copy available for reference.
• Work in partnership with the relevant authority to ensure that the child and young person’s needs as identified in the Care Plan and placement agreement are met.
• Ensure that comprehensive case recording are completed and maintained within policy timeframes.
• Complete administration and procedures in relation to significant Incidents and Notifiable Events within agency timescales.
• Facilitate social and consultation activities relating to the support of children, young people and foster carers.
• Contribute to and implement the agency development plan for service development, placement growth, and recruitment and retention of carers.
• Work as part of a team and develop and maintain positive working relationships with all colleagues to support the development of the agency.

Requirements

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Contact

This Senior Practitioner role is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. Sanctuary takes pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). All employees undertake annual online training on EDI and compliance training.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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