Description
In 2022, Bexley Fostering service established a new team, Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team, dedicated to retaining, recruiting, and assessing prospective foster carers and host and support providers.
The Supervising Social Worker - Fostering Support Team will be responsible for:
- Providing supervision and support to foster carers
- Providing support for Connected Carers who have looked after children in their care
- Delivering training and group supervision to foster carers
- Working in partnership with other professionals
- Attending statutory meetings
- Chairing professional's meetings when required
- Participating in events for foster carers
- Co-ordinating annual reviews and completing relevant paperwork
- Attending Fostering Panel and supporting foster carers at panel
The team is based within the Fostering and Adoption Service and works closely with the Children's Looked After Service.
Bexley offers a competitive salary of GBP 42,900 - 53,391 per year, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme, and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.