Supervising Social Worker, Fostering Therapeutic Team
In this social work post, you will
• work with a specialist team of Social Workers and Practitioners to deliver a high-quality service to Suffolk Foster carers
• Providing statutory supervision and support to foster carers
• facilitate support groups and learning opportunities for foster carers
• receive regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
• contribute creative and innovative ideas to improve practice in a well established and supportive team.
• work closely with the Therapeutic team to promote trauma informed care and attachment training, alongside our Therapeutic social workers and our Clinicians to support children and carers in their placements.
• work in partnership with the Placements team to match and place children needing foster placements and ensuring maximum use of in-house foster care placements.
• Work alongside childcare professionals to support children in their foster placements with regular communication and attendance at meetings.
• Undertake annual reviews and all statutory checks on fostering households within expected timescales – (required by Fostering Standards Regulations and guidance)
• Providing good quality, thorough and analytical recording and reports.
• Supporting carers to move children on to adoptive families
• Supporting foster carers to take full responsibly for their ongoing professional development
• Facilitating support groups and other learning opportunities for foster carers.
• Participating in monthly ‘reflective supervision’ as well as individual supervision.
• Facilitate and offer therapeutic support to Foster Carers and children
• Be curious about and able to work within a therapeutic framework, you must be highly self-reflective and able to model this with the foster carers you are working with
• Work in partnership with the Senior Clinicians across Camhs Connect and STF
• Facilitate and develop training opportunities for carers.
• Undertake Video Interactive Guidance work with Foster Carers.
• Facilitate Foster Carers support groups.
• Contribute to the support for 2 Mockingbird hubs.
• Lead on arranging activities for Fostering Families; Beach hut days, activity days at Thorpe Woodlands, Christmas Parties
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