Senior Practitioner - Fostering support

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We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing
  , both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• 6 days of protected time each year to support in maintaining your Continuous Professional Development
• A pay progression scheme to enable you to accelerate through the pay grade as you gain experience and skills
• A
  Refer a Friend Scheme
  where if you refer another Social Worker to us who is subsequently employed by us as a result of that introduction, we’ll pay you an introduction fee of £350
• Access to our Cambridgeshire Academy for Reaching Excellence (CARE) who will support your development, enabling you to become the best practitioner you can be

For more information and to see our other benefits, take a look at the benefits brochure attached to this advert.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you share our passion, commitment and determination to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people through fostering? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a permanent Senior Practitioner to join our Fostering Support Team.

In Cambridgeshire Fostering, our aim is to provide stability for children and young people, helping them to thrive, enjoy all aspects of family life and achieve their full potential. Together with our foster carers, we work hard to ensure children live in homes that meet their needs, promote safety and security, and empower them to have their voices heard. We support children on their journeys towards independence, adoption or reunification with their families.

This is an exciting time to join Cambridgeshire Fostering as we continue to build on a period of stability and growth. We pride ourselves on creating a friendly, supportive and safe working environment where colleagues can develop and thrive. As a learning organisation, we are committed to reflective practice, high-quality supervision and professional development.

This is a hybrid role, with a combination of office-based and home working. As a countywide service, we are also keen to explore flexible working arrangements where possible.

If you share our belief that every child deserves to experience positive family life and achieve the best possible outcomes, we would love to hear from you.

Interviews will be held in person at Scott House in Huntingdon on 9th and 10th September

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Senior Practitioner within the Fostering Support Team, you will:

• Help develop and improve the fostering support service through projects that enhance the quality of support available to foster carers.
• Support and mentor colleagues across the fostering support team.
• Provide ongoing supervision and support to foster carers and fostering households, ensuring children are seen regularly and their voices are captured and reflected in supervisory visits.
• Support carers to develop their therapeutic parenting skills, offering both support and constructive challenge to ensure children's needs are met.
• Maintain compliance by ensuring foster carer supervisions, safer caring plans, unannounced visits and fostering reviews are completed within required timescales.
• Ensure fostering households meet regulatory requirements in line with the Fostering Services Regulations and National Minimum Standards.
• Prepare clear, analytical and evidence-based written and verbal reports for a range of forums, including fostering panels, annual reviews, stability meetings and matching processes.
• Support the recruitment of foster carers and promote the service through fostering events, duty responsibilities and out-of-hours telephone support.
• Work…