Fostering Social Worker (Supervising Link Worker)

We’re looking to recruit a passionate and experienced social worker who wants to make a positive impact within fostering.

We are looking for candidates who share our vision – to help our communities benefit from the positive contribution our children will make when they are healed and able to thrive. We achieve this through our values of integrity, collaboration, nurture, aspiration and outstanding quality.

We follow a therapeutic fostering model and offer ongoing training and development to all our social workers, working therapeutically, on successful completion of the probation period, plus a progression scheme to advanced level.

Alongside this, we offer a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working, progressive training and development, car users allowance and private healthcare.

This role would suit a caring and dedicated Social Worker, ready to join Tree House Care in doing the right thing for our children.

Essential requirements:

A minimum of 1 years post-qualifying experience working in a fostering service

A Diploma in Social Work or Certificate of Qualification in Social Work

Good working knowledge of Child Protection procedures

Experience and working knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance including; Children Act, Working Together, Every Child Matters, Care Standards Act, Fostering Regulations, and Care Planning

Responsibilities and tasks include:

To promote and safeguard children’s welfare within quality family placements.

To undertake the recruitment, approval, training and support functions related to foster carers.

To ensure that the carers provide a safe and nurturing environment for children/young people, by continually monitoring the carers’ suitability and competence

Base:   Working from our head office in Grimsby, but you must be able to travel to our office in Doncaster for team/meetings, support groups etc on a regular basis.