Social Worker Practice Manager - Fostering Team
JOB-20240819-db742659
Job Title: Social Worker Practice Manager - Fostering Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children (Fostering)
Location: Northamptonshire, UK
Salary: TBC
Type: Ongoing, Part Time / Full Time
Social Worker Practice Manager within the Fostering Team in Northamptonshire, earning £TBC per hour. This ongoing opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, providing an excellent chance to lead and support a fostering service that delivers outstanding outcomes for children in care. In this role, you will combine strong leadership with operational oversight, ensuring high-quality fostering services, compliance, and positive experiences for children and foster carers.
Perks and benefits
- Part Time / Full Time: Choose flexible working arrangements that suit your lifestyle and commitments.
- Hourly Pay: Benefit from a flexible pay structure that reflects your leadership responsibilities.
- Professional Development: Access ongoing training and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- Supportive Environment: Work within a collaborative team that values leadership, innovation, and high standards of care.
- Varied Role: Enjoy a dynamic position with a wide range of responsibilities across fostering services.
What you will do
- Team Leadership: Provide leadership and supervision to social workers and fostering staff.
- Assessment Oversight: Support the team in delivering comprehensive foster carer assessments and ongoing support.
- Performance Management: Monitor team performance to ensure high-quality service delivery.
- Fostering Development: Oversee recruitment, assessment, and retention of foster carers.
- Safeguarding: Lead on safeguarding concerns and child protection matters within fostering services.
- Compliance: Ensure adherence to fostering regulations, legislation, and council policies.
- Partnership Working: Build strong relationships with partner agencies to deliver coordinated services.
- Resource Management: Manage team resources effectively to meet service objectives.
Qualifications / Requirements
- Social Work Qualification: Degree in Social Work or equivalent.
- Registration: Current Social Work England registration.
- Experience: Significant experience within fostering or children's services.
- Leadership Skills: Proven experience managing or supervising social work teams.
- Safeguarding Knowledge: Strong understanding of fostering regulations and safeguarding framewo