Supervising Social Worker - Fostering

Job Description

Exciting opportunity for an experienced social work professional to join our highly motivated and successful Fostering Service in our Supervision Team in Eastbourne. Part of our Outstanding and fully integrated Looked After Childrens Service in EastSussex, the Supervision Team has high aspirations for children in our care and want to deliver an ambitious and creative service which meets the complex needs of our children. East Sussex Fostering Service benefits from excellent practice and an enviable partnershipwith East Sussex Foster Care Association. We are looking for individuals who want to make a positive difference to the children, young people and families we work with and who will bring imagination, creativity and curiosity to professional practice in workingwith families who foster.It is essential that you have excellent communication, assessment and safeguarding skills and would be able to support foster carers in working in partnership as part of the team around the child. You will need to be able to work todeadlines and we support flexible work practices providing appropriate technology. You will be joining a motivated and forward-thinking team and receive excellent supervision and training in a supportive environment.Our service manages the assessment and supervisionof all foster carers approved by East Sussex and therefore you will need to be able to have access to a car and travel countywide and beyond. Relationships are the key to best practiceAt ESCC our Connected Practice model creates change through meaningful andhelpful relationships with children and families - an approach which focusses on enabling young people to lead safe, stable and fulfilling lives at home with their families.Our practitioners draw on their own resources to develop effective relationships withvulnerable families and children. By working intensively, and using structured interventions, our social workers help families to solve problems themselves ensuring that children are safer and better nurtured.Progress your learning and trainingAt East Sussexwe know that our staff are individuals with their own career goals. So we have created a clear career development pathway, known as Progress, which maps out all the different options and opportunities for enriching and developing individual careers. It enablesstaff to build on existing skills and develop new knowledge and it provides clarity around the requirements for pay and progression, social work registration and further accreditationBenefits packageIn addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wide rangeof benefits including: relocation costs up to £8k, if you are making a move of more than 20 miles interest-free loan for rental deposit payment of your Social Work England registration fee Were a family-friendly service which offers flexible working (in agreementwith individual line manager) and a focus on wellbeing for all our staff, such as mindfulness training and counselling. Find out more, take a look at the full range of benefits full range of benefits.Join us nowOur Social Work practice is high impact. We knowwe are making a difference because thats what children and young people tell us and 95% of social workers surveyed would recommend East Sussex as a good place to work. Weve been awarded the following:Judged Outstanding by Ofsted July 2018Local GovernmentAssociation Chronicle Awards for services to children and business transformationSilver Award for Best Social Work Employer at the Social Worker of the year Awards 2017Teaching Partnership status.So, if youd like to be part of our progressive team, applyNOWFor more information about Childrens Social work in East Sussex please visit jobs/social-work-with-childrenApplications close: Sunday 5 September 2021Interviews: Thursday 16 September 2021For more information and for an informal discussion, please contactone of the following:Jo Kearney, Practice Manager - Fostering ServiceWork: | Email: .ukClare Spencer, Practice Manager - Fostering Service. (Working days - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)Work: | Email: .ukAdrian Sewell, Operations Manager - Fostering ServiceWork:| Email: .ukWe welcome applications from all sections of our community and for this post we particularly encourage applications from people of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, and men, who are currently under-represented within East Sussex childrensservices.Please be aware that a Market Supplement of 10% of (actual) salary will be applied to those posts where a Social Work Qualification is essential for a period of 3 years between 1 July 2021 and October 2024.