Supervising Social Worker - Family Placement
Bracknell Forest Council
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Bracknell
Contract type: Full time
We are looking for experienced practitioners who are talented, passionate and reliable. You will have current registration with Social Work England and have experience of working within the legal frameworks that support our work; with good assessment and analytical skills and experience in completing Form F, Special Guardianship and Connected Person Assessments.
You will have a sound knowledge of relevant child care legislation, good report writing and oral communication skills and the ability to work to court and fostering panel timescales.
We know that social work, whilst rewarding, is not always easy. To support high quality consistent social work, we have a comprehensive learning and development offer, driven by our passionate Principal Social Worker. We have resilience groups, well-being days and events, group supervision as well as peer support. Each team has dedicated admin support.
The Family Placement Team is a small but very supportive team. We work closely together and alongside the children’s social workers to ensure that we are providing the best support to our vulnerable children.
Our social workers have the time to get to know everyone they work with, excellent support from managers and colleagues across the department and expert guidance whenever they need it with a secure physical and psychological base from which to work safely and effectively.
If you have the skills, knowledge, experience and enthusiasm we are looking for, and if you want to work for a local authority that values and invests in staff, we would love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities...
Our benefits include…
Interviews will be held on 30th December 2024.
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.
We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.
Want to ask us a question?
For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:
Sam Howard - Team Manager, Family Placement Team
Tel: 01344 351658
At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.
Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
No agencies please.
Equal Opportunities
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please include a personal statement with your CV specifying why you are applying for this vacancy.
Supervising Social Worker - Family Placement
Employer
Bracknell Forest Council
Salary
£45,362 - £47,387 FTE (inclusive of London Weighting and Essential Car User Allowance) plus 4% retention payment after 1 year
Location:
Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, United Kingdom
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Flexible Hours/Full Time
Hours
37 hours per week.
DBS Check
Enhanced
Closing Date
18/12/2024 at 23:59
Reference
People/24/299310
We are looking for experienced practitioners who are talented, passionate and reliable. You will have current registration with Social Work England and have experience of working within the legal frameworks that support our work; with good assessment and analytical skills and experience in completing Form F, Special Guardianship and Connected Person Assessments.
You will have a sound knowledge of relevant child care legislation, good report writing and oral communication skills and the ability to work to court and fostering panel timescales.
We know that social work, whilst rewarding, is not always easy. To support high quality consistent social work, we have a comprehensive learning and development offer, driven by our passionate Principal Social Worker. We have resilience groups, well-being days and events, group supervision as well as peer support. Each team has dedicated admin support.
The Family Placement Team is a small but very supportive team. We work closely together and alongside the children’s social workers to ensure that we are providing the best support to our vulnerable children.
Our social workers have the time to get to know everyone they work with, excellent support from managers and colleagues across the department and expert guidance whenever they need it with a secure physical and psychological base from which to work safely and effectively.
If you have the skills, knowledge, experience and enthusiasm we are looking for, and if you want to work for a local authority that values and invests in staff, we would love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities...
Our benefits include…
Interviews will be held on 30th December 2024.
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.
We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.
Want to ask us a question?
For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:
Sam Howard - Team Manager, Family Placement Team
Tel: 01344 351658
At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.
Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
No agencies please.
Equal Opportunities
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please include a personal statement with your CV specifying why you are applying for this vacancy.
Further information on this vacancy
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You will have a sound knowledge of relevant child care legislation, good report writing and oral communication skills and the ability to work to court and fostering panel timescales.
We know that social work, whilst rewarding, is not always easy. To support high quality consistent social work, we have a comprehensive learning and development offer, driven by our passionate Principal Social Worker. We have resilience groups, well-being days and events, group supervision as well as peer support. Each team has dedicated admin support.
The Family Placement Team is a small but very supportive team. We work closely together and alongside the children’s social workers to ensure that we are providing the best support to our vulnerable children.
Our social workers have the time to get to know everyone they work with, excellent support from managers and colleagues across the department and expert guidance whenever they need it with a secure physical and psychological base from which to work safely and effectively.
If you have the skills, knowledge, experience and enthusiasm we are looking for, and if you want to work for a local authority that values and invests in staff, we would love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities...
- To supervise, support and challenge social workers, senior practioners and family workers to enable them to support foster carers and young people appropriately
- To support the recruitment and assessment process of foster carers to enable more of our vulnerable children to be placed in local placements, near to their family and friends.
- To work with the child’s social worker to achieve permanence for the children, whether this be through long term fostering or special guardianship
Our benefits include…
- Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).
- Annual leave purchase policy.
- Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance.
- An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
- Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).
- A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.
- Staff dental and health plans.
- Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
- Supermarket discount.
Interviews will be held on 30th December 2024.
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.
We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.
Want to ask us a question?
For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:
Sam Howard - Team Manager, Family Placement Team
Tel: 01344 351658
At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.
Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
No agencies please.
Equal Opportunities
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please include a personal statement with your CV specifying why you are applying for this vacancy.
Supervising Social Worker - Family Placement
Employer
Bracknell Forest Council
Salary
£45,362 - £47,387 FTE (inclusive of London Weighting and Essential Car User Allowance) plus 4% retention payment after 1 year
Location:
Time Square, Market Street, Bracknell, United Kingdom
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Flexible Hours/Full Time
Hours
37 hours per week.
DBS Check
Enhanced
Closing Date
18/12/2024 at 23:59
Reference
People/24/299310
We are looking for experienced practitioners who are talented, passionate and reliable. You will have current registration with Social Work England and have experience of working within the legal frameworks that support our work; with good assessment and analytical skills and experience in completing Form F, Special Guardianship and Connected Person Assessments.
You will have a sound knowledge of relevant child care legislation, good report writing and oral communication skills and the ability to work to court and fostering panel timescales.
We know that social work, whilst rewarding, is not always easy. To support high quality consistent social work, we have a comprehensive learning and development offer, driven by our passionate Principal Social Worker. We have resilience groups, well-being days and events, group supervision as well as peer support. Each team has dedicated admin support.
The Family Placement Team is a small but very supportive team. We work closely together and alongside the children’s social workers to ensure that we are providing the best support to our vulnerable children.
Our social workers have the time to get to know everyone they work with, excellent support from managers and colleagues across the department and expert guidance whenever they need it with a secure physical and psychological base from which to work safely and effectively.
If you have the skills, knowledge, experience and enthusiasm we are looking for, and if you want to work for a local authority that values and invests in staff, we would love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities...
- To supervise, support and challenge social workers, senior practioners and family workers to enable them to support foster carers and young people appropriately
- To support the recruitment and assessment process of foster carers to enable more of our vulnerable children to be placed in local placements, near to their family and friends.
- To work with the child’s social worker to achieve permanence for the children, whether this be through long term fostering or special guardianship
Our benefits include…
- Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time).
- Annual leave purchase policy.
- Opportunities for flexible and agile working, to support our employees’ work-life balance.
- An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
- Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Life insurance cover (linked to the pension scheme).
- A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.
- Staff dental and health plans.
- Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
- Supermarket discount.
Interviews will be held on 30th December 2024.
Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.
We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.
Want to ask us a question?
For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:
Sam Howard - Team Manager, Family Placement Team
Tel: 01344 351658
At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.
Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.
Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.
Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.
No agencies please.
Equal Opportunities
Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please include a personal statement with your CV specifying why you are applying for this vacancy.
Further information on this vacancy
- Candidate Pack
- JD & Person Specification
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