Support foster parents and their families to achieve outstanding outcomes for all children and young people in foster care
Supervise, support and monitor the continued suitability and competence of foster parents, ensuring they provide a safe, healthy, nurturing and learning environment for children and young people
Ensure that foster parents fully understand the fostering task, competencies to be achieved and the standards expected, including complaints and representation procedures as detailed in the FCA policies and procedures
Provide and record regular supervision to allocated foster parents in line with FCA's Operational Standards
Work in partnership in a team parenting approach to help identify any needs within the foster family e.g. respite, activities, therapy, holidays, with all members of the child's network, including contributing to all relevant meetings and any other tasks defined
Ensure each child and foster parent's records are fully compliant in respect of all key documentation
Attend meetings and/or provide reports for Commissioning Teams to address individual packages of care
Promote participation of children and young people in the development of the agency and in accessing resources and opportunities in their local community
Participate in an Out of Hours support service on a rota basis
Undertake occasional initial home visits and Form F assessments

This is an amazing opportunity to join Foster Care Associates. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic full-time Senior/Supervising Social Worker to join our inspirational and friendly team to develop and promote the fostering services in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire area. Due to the nature of the role there is no set office base and therefore your place of work is deemed to be the child's home, community activity base or from home. There is an expectation that staff travel to the regional office in Sheffield on a quarterly basis and that foster parents and children are visited within their home., A Social Work qualification
Professional registration with Social Work England
Proven ability to produce a high standard of report writing
A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and child safeguarding procedures
The willingness and ability to travel extensively across the Yorkshire/Humberside/Lincs area
Confidence with transporting children and young people in sometimes challenging situations
Full UK driving licence

Set up by a former foster parent and former social worker in 1994, Foster Care Associates (FCA) is an established fostering agency which forms part of the Polaris Community - one of the UK's largest communities of children's services providers.

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