Overview
If you’ve got excellent interpersonal communication skills and can build positive relationships with foster parents and children’s social workers, we can offer you a rewarding career with the Fostering Support Group. (FSG)
Our Supervising Social Worker’s build positive relationships between FSG, the foster parent and the child’s social worker. It is a key role that helps the foster parent to sustain the child in placement and ensure outcomes for children are being met within the foster family.
You will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders, to enable foster parents to be informed, accept, understand and operate within the regulations and national minimum standards and in accordance with Caretech Group policies and guidance.
We aim to create an environment where all people feel valued and can grow, develop and achieve their goals. We work to ensure that FSG is an organisation, which thrives on the diversity of its staff, families and children, to ensure that we assist and care for those most vulnerable, and advocate with them, and on their behalf
Working full time, you will be home based with occasional meetings in the FSG Regional Office in Shortlands. Most caseloads are based in the Kent/ South London region,
Essential
- Social Worker with experience of OFSTED regulations
- Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working experience
- Be a strong team player, with excellent communication skills.
- Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills.
- Participation on an out of hours rota (every 4 weeks)
In return we offer
- Low caseloads
- Competitive Salary
- Home based working
- Very supportive, friendly management and staff team.
- Free On-site parking
- Discount Card
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Meetings and peer support
- Developmental opportunities
- Internal/external training on new initiatives
You will also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.
Note:
Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.
FSG is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care.
All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
FSG is an equal opportunities employer.
Salary:
Location: Bromley, BR2 0EY
