Supervising Social Worker - Fostering

<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Liquid Personnel is looking for a Supervising Social Worker to join its client’s small and friendly Independent Fostering team based in Nottingham.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What will your responsibilities be?</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">In this role, you will supervise, manage, support, develop, recruit, and retain foster parents, ensuring they receive consistent guidance and professional development. As a Supervising Social Worker (SSW), you will provide high-level support to foster carers, enabling them to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people. You will promote compassionate relationships, safeguarding practices, and strength-based approaches that foster independence and wellbeing. The role requires effective communication, knowledge of relevant legislation and social work methodologies, and the ability to build constructive relationships with carers and colleagues.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Qualifications &amp; Experience:</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">To be successful in this role you must have,&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Three years post-qualification experience in a child care work team working in the areas of Family Support, Child Protection, and Looked After Children or Fostering and Adoption</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, and procedures, and the ability to use them</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of social work methodologies and ability to use them</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Communication and presentation skills sufficient to convey convincing argument, both orally and in reports, to a high standard</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to evaluate and reflect on own practice, and within written reports and ongoing recording.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to form and maintain constructive working relationships with colleagues within the agency and in other organisations</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to develop and maintain professional, supportive relationships with a range of Foster Carers and their families</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to prioritise and organise work and set out work to clear objectives</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A full driving licence</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">To work as a team member, contributing to overall effectiveness by sharing knowledge, information, and skills</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Evidence of relevant ongoing post-qualifying training</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience working with a diverse service user group</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Knowledge of IT systems and applications for child care teamwork.</span></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reasonable Adjustments:</strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">BH - 192644</span><br><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">GH - 32391</span></p>