Supervising Social Worker - West Midlands & West Yorkshire
- Employer
- The Children's Family Trust
- Location
- based at our West Mids office in Bromsgrove and West Yorks office in Wakefield.
- Salary
- Up to £35,000
- Closing date
- 19 Jun 2020
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- Job Sector
- Children, Fostering & Adoption
- Job Role
- Qualified Social Worker
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
The Children’s Family Trust (CFT):
The CFT is a well-established Registered Charity and an Independent Fostering Agency. We provide a wide and varied range of foster placements but specialise in long term ‘Family for Life’ placements. We firmly believe our Foster Carers are our most valuable resource deserving the highest levels of support and remuneration we can offer. We work in partnership with Local Authority Social Workers committed to keeping our children safe and secure in stable and loving families.
The Role:
Our staff are an integral part of our success and due to maternity leave we are seeking to recruit:
1 x Supervising Social Worker on a 12-month fixed term contract
1 x Permanent Full Time Supervising Social Worker
1 x 12 month fixed term contract
Based at our West Midlands office in Bromsgrove you will recruit, assess and support our Foster Carers as well as make placements in response to referrals from Local Authorities. Our low caseload management system ensures that we achieve good outcomes for our children and maintain a high quality service.
The Successful Candidate:
This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Work England registered Social Worker with at least 12 months experience. Someone who can work flexibly as part of a busy team and wants the opportunity to provide a quality service to our children, young people and foster carers. Working links to the Foster Care environment would be advantageous.
What You Get in Return:
We are a progressive organisation promoting a friendly and supportive working environment, where you will be rewarded for your hard work and results. As well as a competitive annual salary (up to £35,000 depending on experience), plus a very generous car allowance (£4800 pa) and out of hours allowance (£1200 pa) we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
including:
- Pension
- Private Health Care
- Occupational Sick Pay
- Dental cover
- Life Assurance
- Childcare Vouchers
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Long Service Awards
- Holidays (30 days)
- 35 hour working week
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Additional 3 days holidays after 5 yrs. service and 5 days after 10 yrs
How to Apply:
Please apply by attaching your CV and click ‘apply’. If selected for interview, candidates will be required to complete an Application Form and Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form available from jobs@thecft.org.uk.
Please note that previous applicants need not apply.
The Children’s Family Trust is an equal opportunities employer and committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, ensuring they are kept safe. As you will be in an environment which involves child protection and working with Looked After Children, you will need to be covered by DBS clearance, which the CFT will undertake. This position is also subject to receipt of satisfactory references.
Closing date: 19th June 2020. Depending on the current Covid 19 situation, interviews will be held either ‘virtually’ or at The West Midlands Office.
Company
Our History
In 1945, our Founder, Paul Field, had a vision. He wanted all children to have the opportunity to have home where they could feel safe, supported and loved. Paul decided to leave his work with the Waifs and Strays Society to found The Children’s Family Trust and to take into his own family the same kinds of children he had looked after previously but now, however, they were to stay within his family for life – on equal terms with his own children.
Despite the struggle to provide for his own extended family, Paul had the desire to see a series of such ‘families’. Once, if barely, established, he set about finding other couples who shared his vision and who were prepared to take up his innovative approach in providing ‘Family for Life’ placements to children. To read more about Paul and his journey click here.
A Family for Life
For many years the ‘ethos’ and ‘strapline’ for The CFT had remained ‘a Family for Life’ representative of the primary placement type offered by the organisation.
Although our strapline has now changed, our ethos has remained very much the same and we regard ‘a family for life’ as representative of the commitment we make to any children that into our care, regardless of how long they are looked after by us. The CFT strives to support our fostered child or young person throughout their life, often into adulthood.
The CFT Today
Since 1945 The CFT has continued to grow and now operates out of four regional offices across the UK and works with over 100 Local Authorities. Further to this, The CFT is now supporting more Foster Carer’s and children than ever before and offers a wider range of placement types including Short Term, Long Term and Respite. The CFT also supports siblings groups along with Parent and Child placements.
Irrespective of this growth The CFT has remained committed to providing a high quality service which supports fostering households and puts the children and young people first. As a Trust our aim is to achieve stability and security for our children and young people, helping them to develop their talents and skills, achieve their potential educationally and therefore enabling them to make the most of the opportunities available to them.
- Website
- http://www.thecft.org.uk/
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