We are recruiting a Supervising Social Worker/Senior Practitioner to join our fostering service based in Harold Wood, Romford, Essex, on a full-time basis. Our service covers London and the surrounding counties per our growth and development strategy.

Your base will be from the Harold Wood, Romford Office.

In this role, you will work directly with our foster carers within a realistic caseload, which enables a high level of supervision, monitoring and intervention. This gives you the support and resources to engage positively with foster carers and children. We work within a trauma-informed practice model (ATIC) with integration across our fostering, residential, clinical and education services to achieve the best possible outcomes for young people. This model is continually evolving with updated research and practice development.

You will also be involved in recruitment events for prospective fostering families within our foster carer recruitment activities, completing Form F assessments and support participation events for our young people.

Work in collaboration with all colleagues and managers to achieve a high standard of service to foster carers and young people whilst meeting all Ofsted requirements.

Working for Five Rivers has many benefits arising from its commitment as a Social Enterprise to invest heavily in the services it provides to Foster Carers, children, and staff; we are proud holders of the Investors in People (IIP) award – Gold.

You will also be participating in our out-of-hours duty line, supporting our foster carers on a rota basis.

Although we would like to see you in the office, we are able to support hybrid working when agreed with our service manager.

You will receive:

• Formal induction and training in our paperless electronic recording and management system (CHARMs)
• Professional social work supervision provided by a Manager
• Individual and group Clinical supervision provided by a qualified psychologist/clinician
• Opportunities to integrate with our clinical, education and residential service provision
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Career progression opportunities
• Market related salary plus on call allowance plus car allowance
• Pension scheme and access to employee assistance program
• Simplyhealth – Medical cash back plan
• Enhanced Maternity leave package for mothers who have been with us for more than one year
• Blue light card
• Refer a Friend Bonus

You will have

• The desire to be a team player who wants to achieve the best possible outcomes for all our children and foster carers
• Experience of working in the fostering sector and/or children/young people in social care
• A formal social work qualification
• Be registered as a social worker with Social Work England
• Have a valid driving licence
• The right to work in the UK

Do not delay your application. For more information, please e-mail our recruitment team at Recruitment@five-rivers.org orcall the recruitment team on01722 435750 option 2

Five Rivers Child Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

£33,755 to £44,530 p.a DOE plus Car Allowance