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3 x Supervising Social Workers
Supervising Social Worker  By the Bridge is looking for 3 dedicated, proactive and forward thinking Supervising Social Workers with one vacancy available per regional team, in either Yorkshire, West Midlands or East Midlands. The post holders will join of one of these regional teams, offering direct support to our families with a realistic caseload (10-12 families). Working closely with key internal and external stakeholders, to enable foster parents to be informed, accept, understand and operate within the regulations and national minimum standards. The post holders will have support from the therapy team who will offer reflective supervision and also support from our Education Advisors (EAGALs) who build upon the therapeutic parenting work being carried out by our fantastic Foster Parents.
By The Bridge Up to £39,000 with an additional car allowance Yorkshire or West Midlands or East Midlands 35

Effective supervision and reflective practice for Supervising Social Workers

Event--ONLINE

This course is designed to support those who have previously attended “The role of the supervising social worker in supervising and supporting foster carers” and now looking to develop their practice further.
On this course you will explore how good quality, challenging supervision can contribute to a high quality of care provided by foster and kinship carers and to establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. We will explore the balancing the potentially conflicting role of the supervising social worker, who needs to balance providing support with the need to sometimes have difficult conversations too.

Effective supervision and reflective practice for supervising social workers

Event--ONLINE

This course is designed to support those who have previously attended “The role of the supervising social worker in supervising and supporting foster carers” and now looking to develop their practice further.
On this course you will explore how good quality, challenging supervision can contribute to a high quality of care provided by foster and kinship carers and to establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. We will explore the balancing the potentially conflicting role of the supervising social worker, who needs to balance providing support with the need to sometimes have difficult conversations too.

Announcing new dates for our 2025 training programme

News and updates-

The training courses for the first six months of 2025 are now available for you to book. This programme offers an extensive range of courses designed to support the professional development of social workers, social work managers, children's social care professionals, and healthcare professionals. 

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act

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This briefing is for Coram BAAF members working in fostering, and kinship care, and will also be of interest to  legal professionals, health professionals, researchers  and those impacted by the changes. It will clarify some of the new duties, implementation timescales, and actions your service may need to take or consider.

Exploring Practice: Using AI to support social work practice?

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FREE FOR MEMBERS

This session will explore how AI can support social work practice without weakening professional judgement, and the support, guidance and training required to accompany the use of these tools. The tools were developed with a simple initial aim: to reduce the time social workers spend writing Form F assessments, while improving clarity, consistency and reflective depth.