Job Title: Supervising Social Worker
Location: Office based - Belfast
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: Up to £39,000 per annum (this includes £3000 car allowance)
*We are currently offer 4-day working week to ensure our employees experience a fantastic work life balance. This means you work 80% hours for 100% of the pay once you have successfully passed your probation!*
Introduction
Due to our continued growth, we have an amazing opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a Supervising Social Worker with Kindercare Fostering based in Belfast.
As an integral member of our team, you will be at the heart of helping to create happy homes for young people where incredible futures can begin.
The role
You will play a key role in helping children and young people find a foster home that can transform their future. You will supervise and advise foster carers, and make sure that both carers and children have the support they need to thrive.
You will visit homes and keep in touch with both carers and young people, becoming an essential point of contact for all. We keep caseloads lower to decrease risk and to offer a more tailored support. This means more time to work closely with both the young people and their carers. You will be responsible for recruiting, assessing, supervising, training, and supporting foster carers and the children and young people they care for.
You will collaborate with our clinical teams to identify the right kinds of support, from occupational therapy to art therapy, and clinicians with specialism in trauma and attachment theory.
You will make sure that our high standards are consistently maintained.
About Kindercare Fostering
Kindercare Fostering is a non-profit making independent fostering agency covering the whole of Northern Ireland. We meet a wide range of children's needs including complex behavioural issues and provide our carers with a high level of support and training.
We are committed to children and young people who have experienced abuse, disruption, and trauma in their lives. We also aim to provide the best service to our carers through support and training and to value the enormous contribution they make to the lives of children they look after.
Who we are looking for.
You will be passionate about building incredible lives for children. You will need to be a qualified Social Worker and possess a good working knowledge of relevant legislation and their impact on fostering services. Participation in an evening and weekend on call rota is expected.
You will be a strong communicator, both written and verbal, have good IT skills and be flexible and able to travel throughout NI.
You will need to show that you’ve had previous social work experience, with a record of working with children and young people who have a history of trauma and enhanced needs.
Essential Criteria
- Qualified Social Worker
- Car driver and access to a vehicle
- Current registration with the relevant Social Work regulatory council (NISCC)
- Recent experience in services for children (fostering experience desirable)
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
- Up to 30 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 10 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions.
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
We place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Closing date for applications is the 11th August 2024
Interviews will be held week commencing the 19th August 2024